Shades of Black: Crime and Mystery Stories by African-American Authors (2004)

✍ Scribed by Eleanor Taylor Bland (editor)

• Book ID: 111881006
• Publisher: Berkley Hardcover
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 320 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780425194027

✦ Synopsis

A dazzling collection of crime and mystery stories, Shades of Black is a landmark achievement. Bringing together today's brightest talent from the field-from Walter Mosley, "one of America's best mystery writers" (New York Times), to the late Hugh Holton, whose "gift for retaining suspense is golden" ( Chicago Sun-Times )-it is the first anthology of African-American mystery writers. Shades of Black is not only a tribute to the art of storytelling-it's a fascinating foray into the rich and widely varied African-American experience. Includes the following 22 stories:

SINCE YOU WENT AWAY—Frankie Y. Bailey

THE COOKOUT—Jacqueline Turner Banks

DOUBLE DEALING—Chris Benson

MURDER ON THE SOUTHWEST CHIEF—Eleanor Taylor Bland and Anthony Bland

THE SECRET OF THE 369TH INFANTRY NURSE—Patricia E. Canterbury

DOGGY STYLE—Christopher Chambers

FOR SERVICES RENDERED—Tracy P. Clark

THE PRIDE OF A WOMAN—Evelyn Coleman

THE BLIND ALLEY—Grace F. Edwards

A MATTER OF POLICY—Robert Greer

SMALL COLORED WORLD—Terris McMahan Grimes

BETTER DEAD THAN WED—Gar Anthony Haywood

THE WEREWOLF FILE—Hugh Holton

DÉJÀ VU—Geri Spencer Hunter

SURVIVAL—Dicey Scroggins Jackson

WHEN BLOOD RUNS TO WATER—Glenville Lovell

A SMALL MATTER—Lee E. Meadows

MORE THAN ONE WAY—Penny Mickelbury

BOMBARDIER—Walter Mosley

A FAVORABLE MURDER—Percy Spurlark Parker

BEGINNER’S LUCK—Gary Phillips

GOD OF THE POND—Charles Shipps