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Black heat

by Norman Kelley · 1997

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Civil rights leader Malik Martin stood the middle ground between Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. In 1971, as his organization was set to launch a new program offering unity and economic empowerment, he was assassinated. Twenty years later, when private eye Nina Halligan is hired to search for Martin's missing daughter, she suddenly finds herself shadowed by thugs and the NYPD.

Genre
detectivedetectiveMore like thisLess of thisprivate investigatorprivate investigatorMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
African AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of thismissing personsmissing personsMore like thisLess of thisprivate investigatorprivate investigatorMore like thisLess of thiswomenwomenMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 304 pages

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