Paula L. Woods, Author . Norton $24.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-393-02021-2
The suspicious death of respected black film director Maynard Duncan, a pioneer in his field, stirs up passions throughout the minority community's upper-middle-class enclaves in Woods's intriguing take on Old Hollywood from the African-Ameri
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Paula L. Woods, Author . Ballantine/One World $23.95 (284p) ISBN 978-0-345-45700-4
Wood redefines L.A. urban noir as an explosive blend of race relations, politics and murder in her third installment (after Stormy Weather) of the award-winning Charlotte Justice series, which follows the career of an African-American LAPD detective
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Paula L. Woods, Author . Ballantine/One World $23.95 (258p) ISBN 978-0-345-45702-8
In Woods's searing fourth Charlotte Justice novel (after 2003's Dirty Laundry
), the troubled, hot-tempered LAPD detective looks into an attack on politically connected Chuck Zuccari, the elderly head of a successful toy company; his...
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Paula L. Woods, Author W. W. Norton & Company $23.95 (316p) ISBN 978-0-393-04680-9
In this energetic, tough-talking debut, African American cop Charlotte Justice works the streets during and immediately after the Los Angeles riots following the Rodney King verdict. The action starts when Charlotte rescues a respected black doctor...
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Paula L. Woods, Author Doubleday Books $22.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-385-48082-6
This illuminating anthology showcases a century of writing that extends from Pauline E. Hopkins, whose Poe-inspired locked-room mystery, ``Talma Gordon,'' appeared in Colored American Magazine in 1900, to Walter Mosley, who is currently president of
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Paula L. Woods, Author, Felix H. Liddell, Editor Doubleday Books $27.95 (334p) ISBN 978-0-385-47502-0
This compilation of fiction, poetry, essays and letters collected by Woods and Liddell, authors of I Too Sing America, emphasizes the positive feelings African Americans have expressed for one another and their community. Bebe Moore Campbell sets...
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