Murder in Rat Alley (Paperback)
Other Books in Series
This is book number 7 in the Sam Blackman series.
- #1: Blackman's Coffin (Sam Blackman #1) (Compact Disc):
- #2: The Fitzgerald Ruse (Sam Blackman #2) (Paperback): $18.99
- #3: The Sandburg Connection: A Sam Blackman Mystery (Compact Disc):
- #4: A Murder in Passing (Sam Blackman #4) (MP3 CD):
- #5: A Specter of Justice (Sam Blackman #5) (Hardcover): $26.95
- #6: Hidden Scars (Sam Blackman #6) (Hardcover): $26.95
Description
In this unusual spin on the classic spy novel, murder strikes from our wartime pasts...
Iraq War veteran Sam Blackman with his prosthetic leg and his no-nonsense private eye partner Nakayla Robertson love their investigations which always carry a thread from the past--and they love each other. An interracial couple in the new South, the Asheville, NC, pair has surrounded themselves with a terrific support team including an unorthodox lawyer and a veteran cop. They deploy humor both to bind them together and to deflect insults. Plus, it helps deal with the tragedies their work uncovers.
Such a tragedy interrupts a meeting between the PIs and the neighboring law office when a body is unearthed from the grounds of the nearby Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute. During the Cold War it monitored developing space programs. Today it plays a vital role gathering weather and climate data. The body has been in the ground a long time. Why would its discovery spark off a new murder in Asheville's mountain music scene, the victim found amid the garbage of dark, dank Rat Alley?
She was the fianc e of the man murdered long ago. But surely this case is more than a domestic drama playing out over time....
The Blackman Agency Investigations excel at merging past and present, bringing little-known history to light, and are perfect for fans of James Lee Burke, Stephen Mack Jones, Margaret Maron, and Robert B. Parker.