Shades
of Black
By
various authors edited by Eleanor Taylor Bland
Shades
of Black is a wonderful collection of crime and mystery stories.
Authors include the well known Walter Mosley as well as twenty-one
other African-American authors. Some you might know and some you
might not. All in all an interesting read that will keep you turning
the pages from one story to the next.
While
each of these stories is written differently you'll find that crime
and intrigue is the common thread. There is a particularly timely
story called "God of the Pond" by a little known author
named Charles Shipps. He currently has a mystery novel waiting to
be published and I hope to be able to read it one day. Mr. Shipps
was able to master the use of a few pages to create a gripping tale
of Internet crime and the detective who is tracking him. This story
alone would have made a wonderful novel. Many of the authors in
this book show such wonderful talent.
There
is something for everyone in this collection from a children's detective
to real detectives to seemingly normal people who get caught up
in an event beyond their control. Interesting characters and situations
to make you want to look up some of these authors to see what else
they've written. It would be well worth the time to do so.
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