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Ash Dark as Night
- A Harry Ingram Mystery, Book 2
- By: Gary Phillips
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
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In the follow-up to One-Shot Harry, fearless crime photographer and occasional private eye Harry Ingram finds himself in the LAPD’s crosshairs after capturing damning evidence of police brutality. An atmospheric dive into a city on the brink that’s brimming with remarkable historical detail, Ash Dark as Night is perfect for fans of Walter Mosley and James Ellroy. Los Angeles, August 1965. Anger and pent-up frustrations boil over in the Watts neighborhood after a traffic stop of two Black motorists.
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Great read!
- By ROSALIND on 05-25-24
- Ash Dark as Night
- A Harry Ingram Mystery, Book 2
- By: Gary Phillips
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
Great read!
Reviewed: 05-25-24
Well done, descriptive and informative. There is a lot going on but the reader was able to follow the story with the great narration.
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Flipping Boxcars
- A Novel
- By: Cedric The Entertainer
- Narrated by: Cedric The Entertainer
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
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Babe is a charismatic and widely loved man, a gambler with a gift for gab that often gets him out of tricky situations. He’s also a dreamer, something he shares with his patient and loving wife, Rosie. They both yearn for financial stability and see the land they own as insurance for future generations. But when Babe and a few comrades enlist in a scheme that improbably falls apart, he endangers the little security the family has. On the verge of losing everything, what’s a family man to do? If you’re a gambler like Babe, you double down and risk it all for one big score.
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The fact that WE readers read a lot. We’re smart enough to know who’s saying what !!!!!
- By Myron JACK Jackson on 01-08-24
- Flipping Boxcars
- A Novel
- By: Cedric The Entertainer
- Narrated by: Cedric The Entertainer
Great story
Reviewed: 09-23-23
I appreciate the range of talent from the author. Great story and narration, while some of the inflections were off this did not take away from a masterful and deliberate effort.
Widen your horizons and take a chance on Cedric’s literary offering it is a humbling experience to witness this author beyond comedy. I enjoyed this book.
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My Name Is Ona Judge
- By: Suzette D. Harrison
- Narrated by: Tovah Ott, Aure Nash
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
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Rain soaks Tessa Scott as she runs from her car to the old vine-covered property she has been called to survey. She’s too busy to accept a new job, but doing this favor for the grandmother of her childhood sweetheart delays a painful decision she must make about her controlling boyfriend. When Tessa finds a tattered journal carefully hidden inside the house’s ancient fireplace, the tragic story of how Ona was ripped from her mother’s arms to live and work in the palatial Mount Vernon, and the heart-shattering betrayal that led her to risk her life and run, has Tessa spellbound.
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My name is Ona Judge
- By Mz Shantay on 05-28-23
- My Name Is Ona Judge
- By: Suzette D. Harrison
- Narrated by: Tovah Ott, Aure Nash
Applause! Outstanding!
Reviewed: 08-06-23
This story had 2 dimensions, Well done on the story telling. Loved the esoteric flavor. A must read!!!! Props to the narrator.
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Black Cherry Blues
- By: James Lee Burke
- Narrated by: Mark Hammer
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
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Dave Robicheaux had begun to put the pieces of his broken life together again when an old friend turned up on his doorstep, dredging up old memories and new threats.
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Fantastic
- By Geoff Rea on 12-15-08
- Black Cherry Blues
- By: James Lee Burke
- Narrated by: Mark Hammer
Great story
Reviewed: 06-23-20
For those looking for true literature for stimulation this is your answer. It is nice when the author actually writes for the readers.
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Trail of Echoes
- A Detective Elouise Norton Novel, Book 3
- By: Rachel Howzell Hall
- Narrated by: Je Nie Fleming
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
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On a rainy spring day in Los Angeles, Homicide Detective Elouise "Lou" Norton is called away from a rare lunch date to Bonner Park, where the body of 13-year-old Chanita Lords has been discovered. Chanita was interested in photography and, much like Lou, a black girl destined to leave the housing projects behind. Her death fits a chilling pattern of exceptional African American girls - dancers, artists, honors scholars - gone recently missing in the same school district, the one Lou attended not so long ago.
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Excellent
- By ROSALIND on 08-13-19
- Trail of Echoes
- A Detective Elouise Norton Novel, Book 3
- By: Rachel Howzell Hall
- Narrated by: Je Nie Fleming
Excellent
Reviewed: 08-13-19
Three down and one to go, each was as good or better than the last. Walter Mosley fan, that speaks volumes, head tilt to the author.
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Land of Shadows
- A Detective Elouise Norton Novel
- By: Rachel Howzell Hall
- Narrated by: Je Nie Fleming
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
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Along the ever-changing border of gentrifying Los Angeles, 17-year-old Monique Darson is found dead at a condominium construction site, hanging in the closet of an unfinished unit. Homicide Detective Elouise "Lou" Norton's new partner, Colin Taggert, fresh from the comparatively bucolic Colorado Springs police department, assumes it's a teenage suicide. Lou isn't buying the easy explanation. For one thing, the condo site is owned by Napoleon Crase, a self-made millionaire...and the man who may have murdered Lou's missing sister, Tori, 30 years ago.
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New Crime Fiction Series
- By Marymacviolin on 08-15-20
- Land of Shadows
- A Detective Elouise Norton Novel
- By: Rachel Howzell Hall
- Narrated by: Je Nie Fleming
Applause! Applause!Applause!
Reviewed: 08-09-19
Fresh well done, the author was very thoughtful with dialogue. The mystery was not obvious but an entertaining journey.
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Call Your Daughter Home
- By: Deb Spera
- Narrated by: Robin Miles, Adenrele Ojo, Brittany Pressley
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
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It's 1924 in Branchville, South Carolina, and three women have come to a crossroads. Gertrude, a mother of four, must make an unconscionable decision to save her daughters. Retta, a first-generation freed slave, comes to Gertrude's aid by watching her children, despite the gossip it causes in her community. Annie, the matriarch of the influential Coles family, offers Gertrude employment at her sewing circle, while facing problems of her own at home.
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Lovely story/perfect narration
- By christi mccoy on 07-08-19
- Call Your Daughter Home
- By: Deb Spera
- Narrated by: Robin Miles, Adenrele Ojo, Brittany Pressley
Well done!
Reviewed: 07-01-19
Great story, captivating and entertaining. The author told a great and memorable story. Outstanding performance.
This is a must read!s
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Jezebel
- By: Jacquelin Thomas
- Narrated by: Myra Lucretia Taylor
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
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Essence best-selling author of Redemption, Jacquelin Thomas tells the Biblical story of Jezebel as a riveting modern drama. All her life, small-town Georgia girl Jessie Belle Holt has known how to use men. Her ticket out of Mayville isTraynor Deveraux, a trusting pastor with a brilliant career ahead. Seduced by the trappings of position and power, Jessie Bell uses her wiles to nudge her unwitting husband into national prominence. But how far will she go to sustain and expand her power?
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OMGOSH!!
- By Tonya Fennell-Johnson on 10-22-19
- Jezebel
- By: Jacquelin Thomas
- Narrated by: Myra Lucretia Taylor
Great read
Reviewed: 06-15-19
Great story well performed! The writer managed to keep the flow with seamless past and present details.
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Here Comes the Sun
- A Novel
- By: Nicole Dennis-Benn
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
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At an opulent resort in Montego Bay, Margot hustles to send her younger sister, Thandi, to school. Taught as a girl to trade her sexuality for survival, Margot is ruthlessly determined to shield Thandi from the same fate. When plans for a new hotel threaten their village, Margot sees not only an opportunity for her own financial independence but also perhaps a chance to admit a shocking secret: her forbidden love for another woman.
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Wow!!!
- By FirstLowell on 09-03-16
- Here Comes the Sun
- A Novel
- By: Nicole Dennis-Benn
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Deep story
Reviewed: 08-12-17
I loved the story line and the generational perspectives, well done. This story delved into the shin color taboo faced in the worlds many people of color.
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Gloria
- By: Kerry Young
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
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Jamaica, 1938. Gloria Campbell is sixteen years old when a single violent act alters the course of her life forever. Taking along her younger sister, she flees their hometown to forge a new life in Kingston. But in a capital city awash with change, a black woman is still treated as a second-class citizen. From a room in a boarding house and a job at a supply store, Gloria finds her way to a house of ill repute on the edge of the city, intrigued by the glamorous, financially independent women within.
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Awesome story! And Robin Miles is a star!!
- By atlfolk on 06-23-18
- Gloria
- By: Kerry Young
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
Bravo great story!
Reviewed: 08-06-17
Performance and story will be well worth your time. The writer was able to engage my imagination to the time and place, bravo!
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