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The Dying Crapshooter’s Blues
On the same cold December night in 1920s Atlanta, a drunken cop shoots a black gambler in one of the worst parts of town, and a cache of jewels goes missing from a mansion in one of the best. Joe Rose—rambler, gambler, and professional thief—has just hit the city and soon finds himself caught in a three-sided puzzle that involves a black-hearted police officer called “the Captain,” the pimp and crapshooter Little Jesse Williams, and a wicked beauty named Pearl Spencer.
Behind it all is Atlanta, the city once nothing but dust and ashes, now the richest, busiest metropolis in the South, mixing sin with success and vibrating with mayhem and music. In his acclaimed Storyville series, David Fulmer brought the jazz-soaked streets of New Orleans to life. Now he brings us another absorbing mystery in a new setting raucous with music and rich with history.
AWARDS AND PRAISE FOR THE DYING CRAPSHOOTER’S BLUES
Winner - AudioFile Magazine “Golden Earphones Award” (audiobook)
“Four Stars!”
—Paste Magazine
“An intriguing tale of police corruption, covetousness, conspiracy, and crime.”
—The Tennesseean
“Rich in historical detail, infused with atmosphere, suspenseful and action-packed.... Earns this month’s ‘Tip of the Ice Pick Award.’”—BookList
“I switched off the TV set and picked up ‘The Dying Crapshooter’s Blues.’ I did it, and I'm glad.… The novel is distinguished by a level of detail that makes a vanished world live again.”
—The Washington Post
“The alchemy of Fulmer's unique fusion of history, music and literature makes it play like a paean to an era’s corruption and human struggle against the whim of powerful force and injustice.”—The Critical Mystery Tour
THE DYING CRAPSHOOTER'S BLUES, COMING SOON IN E-BOOK
THE DYING CRAPSHOOTER'S BLUES, COMING SOON IN E-BOOK