| The alternative: Payback Contributor(s): Darby, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 1530026172 ISBN-13: 9781530026173 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $9.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 6" W x 9" (0.68 lbs) 228 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It's 1968 and the heat is on in Houston, Texas - Americans experience massive war protests, counter-culture radicals, an emerging drug culture, and shocking assassinations. Suddenly, a series of contradictory murders break out in the Bayou City -- Political Assassinations? A liberal underground newspaper, the alternative, its staff and publisher, Michelle Graves, find themselves entangled with a young, Hispanic police detective who is determined to elicit their help in finding the assassins and stop the killing. But how can left-wing journalists compromise their position to aid "The Man?" Amid political contradictions and controversy, the assassins must be stopped.----This is the second novel by author James Darby, both placed in the late 1960's, in Houston, Texas. The author's first book, Jack's Blues, tells the story of a young photographer swept up in the corrupt world of the music recording business. He finds himself amid the crooked music producers and success-crazed recording artists fighting for a break in a corrupt system. |