K'wan, Author . St. Martin's Griffin $14.95 (326p) ISBN 978-0-312-33310-2
In this juicy, hard-hitting hip-hop romp, K'wan (Hoodlum
) paints an almost too raw, black-and-white portrait of Eve Panelli, a banging little Harlem outlaw who's had to grow up fast since the murder of her parents—Joe-Joe, her Italian-
READ FULL REVIEW
K'wan, Author . St Martin's/Griffin $14.95 (340p) ISBN 978-0-312-36010-8
K'wan (Hoodlum
; Hood Rat
) delivers a convoluted, overplotted and ultimately disappointing cautionary tale. Early on, the reader is introduced to Black Ice, the slick pimp; Don B., the rap entrepreneur and head of the Big Dawgz crew; True, Don
READ FULL REVIEW
K'wan, Author . St. Martin's Griffin $14.95 (406p) ISBN 978-0-312-36009-2
In the sequel to Gangsta
, K'wan offers a gritty and explosive cautionary tale. Kenyatta Soladine, aka Gutter, is an Algerian immigrant and head of the Harlem Crips, recently recovered from a gunshot-induced coma to learn that his best friend...
READ FULL REVIEW
K'wan, Author . St. Martin's Griffin $14.99 (358p) ISBN 978-0-312-53696-1
In his ninth novel, K'Wan (Gangsta
; Road Dawgz
) continues his popular Hood Rat series, with yet more of what his readers expect: action, murder, betrayal, sex, more action, familiar faces and a few surprises. Readers are first introduced to...
READ FULL REVIEW
K'wan, St. Martin's, $14.99 paper (352p) ISBN 978-0-312-53697-8
K'wan (Section 8) continues the stories of characters Animal, Gucci, Don B. and his Big Dawg crew, while introducing some new ones, who all inhabit the complicated and interconnected world of the "hood." Animal is now a big-time hip-hop star who's...
READ FULL REVIEW
K'Wan Foye, Author, K'wan, Author . St. Martin's/Griffin $14.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-312-33308-9
K'Wan's gritty latest (after 2004's Street Dreams
) follows the fortunes of two brothers whose ghetto mafia family crumbles under the weight of murder and disloyalty. Tommy Clark runs the streets of Harlem with an iron fist (though his...
READ FULL REVIEW
K’wan. Akashic/Infamous, $19.95 (128p) ISBN 978-1-61775-266-7
Crooked cops, professional assassins, and high-level conspiracies with millions of dollars at stake drive this heart-thumping thriller set in New York City. Det. James Wolf (aka Lone Wolf), one of the NYPD’s most successful narcotics officers, never
READ FULL REVIEW
K’wan. Akashic, $14.95 trade paper (208p) ISBN 978-1-61775-767-9
Set in New York City, K’wan’s swaggering sequel to 2014’s Black Lotus finds the eponymous assassin—real name Kahllah El-Amin—retired from vengeance-for-hire and effecting justice through journalism at the magazine she runs with her best friend,...
READ FULL REVIEW
K’Wan. Akashic, $15.95 trade paper (240p) ISBN 978-1-63614-014-8
Set in present-day New York City, this derivative crime novel from K’Wan (the Black Lotus series) focuses on the King family, “players in the New York underworld since the 1930s.” The familiar cast includes a violent son, Ghost, groomed to inherit...
READ FULL REVIEW
