WHITE
HEAT
is a 2013
SHAMUS AWARD-WINNER.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY says WHITE
HEAT is a “...taut crime yarn set in 1992 against the turmoil of the Los
Angeles riots that followed the acquittal of the police officers charged with
assaulting motorist Rodney King.... [T]he author ably evokes the chaos that
erupted after the Rodney King verdict.”
WHITE HEAT was chosen as one of THE BEST FICTION BOOKS OF 2012: Rosa
St. Claire at Examiner.com named WHITE HEAT one of the best fiction
books of 2012.
“WHITE HEAT” is a riveting
read of mystery, much recommended.”
—Midwest Book Review
P.I. Duke Rogers finds
himself in a combustible situation in this racially charged thriller. His case
might have to wait... The immediate problem: getting out of South Central Los
Angeles in one piece during the 1992 “Rodney King” riots and that’s just the
beginning of his problems.
Duke finds an old “friend”
for a client. The client’s “friend,” an up and coming African-American actress,
ends up dead. Duke knows his client did it. Feeling guilty, he wants to find
the client/killer. He starts his mission by going to the dead actress’ family
in South Central L.A. – and while there the “Rodney King” riots ignite.
While Duke tracks down the
killer he must also deal with the racism of his partner, Jack, and from Warren,
the murder victim’s brother, who is a
mirror image of Jack in that department. He must also confront his own possible
latent racism – even as he’s in an interracial relationship with the dead woman’s
sister.