The Strange Crimes of Little Africa
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (953 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0189SWBGU |
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| Number of Pages | : | 267 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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"An Inspiring Start for Jaz Idawell" according to Maggie D Jamison. *Disclaimer: Received an e-ARC via publisher contest.Burke has created a wonderful new contribution to the hard-boiled mystery genre. Jaz Idawell is fierce, flawed, and cynical, but she also possesses a charming tendency to embrace those the city overlooks. The mystery at the book's heart is a page-turner, and the extended cameo by Zora Neale Hurston is delightful. Although occasionally rough around the edges, this . Spend some time at Barnard with Zora Laileanah I was blessed enough to get an advanced reader copy of this book. I'm not sure if I was asked for a review but probably. I pretty much review and keep track of the books I read anyway.I LOVED this book. I did not realize it was on good reads and so I did not mark my progress with notes like I would've liked to do for a novel like this.The Harlem in this novel felt tangible and real, it had smell, taste and texture. . Hard to read at times because it is so filled with typos, homonyms/homophones, and spelling / grammatical errors I enjoyed it, apart from the fact that it is so filled with typos, homonyms/homophones, and spelling / grammatical errors as to be almost unreadable at times. Basically, it reads as thought it was written using Dragon speech recognition software and then never proofread or copy edited.
Best friends with the indelible Zora Neal Hurston, the two women set out to find the truth about their wonderful world of Little Africa--Harlem, New York.. Idawell, an anthropology student, stumbles upon the realization that she may have to sacrifice her cousin's freedom when she discovers evidence that her father, the first black traffic cop on the force, may be guilty of murder. The Strange Crimes of Little Africa is a historical mystery and follows Jaz Idawell on the vibrant, culturally fertile streets of art and literature in the 1920'