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Streets on Fire John Shannon A Jack Liffey Investigation LA Crime
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Streets on Fire
by John Shannon
First edition
The gripping fifth novel of what the Philadelphia Inquirer calls a “lean and literate” crime series.
Jack Liffey, the rough-edged, compassionate private detective who garners even more enthusiastic reviews and fans with each new case, once again searches the volatile and dangerous ethnic communities buried in the urban sprawl of Los Angeles for another of the city’s mysteriously lost.
This time out, Liffey is looking for a prominent 1960s civil rights campaigner’s adopted son, who has gone suspiciously missing in the wake of an unsettling run-in with a motorcycle gang at a local jazz club.
The whole city is unsettled, in fact, by the choke-hold death of Abdullah-Ibrahim—a black Muslim and the Dodgers’ new ace spitball pitcher—at the hands of the L.A. police.
In the course of his investigation, Liffey runs afoul of skinheads, white supremacists, and black separatists.
He also confronts his own latent racism before the city erupts into the full-fledged civil riot that could cost Liffey his life.
230 pp
Approx 23.5 x 15.5 x 2.3 cm
Some creaminess from storage
Smoke free pet free home
Can be posted at extra cost
9463
by John Shannon
First edition
The gripping fifth novel of what the Philadelphia Inquirer calls a “lean and literate” crime series.
Jack Liffey, the rough-edged, compassionate private detective who garners even more enthusiastic reviews and fans with each new case, once again searches the volatile and dangerous ethnic communities buried in the urban sprawl of Los Angeles for another of the city’s mysteriously lost.
This time out, Liffey is looking for a prominent 1960s civil rights campaigner’s adopted son, who has gone suspiciously missing in the wake of an unsettling run-in with a motorcycle gang at a local jazz club.
The whole city is unsettled, in fact, by the choke-hold death of Abdullah-Ibrahim—a black Muslim and the Dodgers’ new ace spitball pitcher—at the hands of the L.A. police.
In the course of his investigation, Liffey runs afoul of skinheads, white supremacists, and black separatists.
He also confronts his own latent racism before the city erupts into the full-fledged civil riot that could cost Liffey his life.
230 pp
Approx 23.5 x 15.5 x 2.3 cm
Some creaminess from storage
Smoke free pet free home
Can be posted at extra cost
9463
- Date Listed:22/04/2024
- Last Edited:22/04/2024
- Condition:Used
- Shipping:Shipping & Pickup
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