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Midnight Atlanta

By: Thomas Mullen
Narrated by: Damian Lynch
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Midnight Atlanta is the stunning new novel in the award-nominated, critically acclaimed Darktown series, and sees a newspaper editor murdered against the backdrop of Rosa Parks' protest and Martin Luther King Jnr's emergence.

Atlanta, 1956.

When Arthur Bishop, editor of Atlanta's leading black newspaper, is killed in his office, cop-turned-journalist Tommy Smith finds himself in the crosshairs of the racist cops he's been trying to avoid. To clear his name, he needs to learn more about the dangerous story Bishop had been working on.

Meanwhile, Smith's ex-partner Lucius Boggs and white sergeant Joe McInnis - the only white cop in the black precinct - find themselves caught between meddling federal agents, racist detectives, and Communist activists as they try to solve the murder.

With a young Rev. Martin Luther King Jnr making headlines of his own, and tensions in the city growing, Boggs and Smith find themselves back on the same side in a hunt for the truth that will put them both at risk.

PRAISE FOR THE DARKTOWN SERIES

'A brilliant blending of crime, mystery, and American history. Terrific entertainment'
Stephen King

'Superb'
Ken Follett

'Magnificent and shocking'
Sunday Times

'Written with a ferocious passion that'll knock the wind out of you'
New York Times©2020 Thomas Mullen
African American Genre Fiction International Mystery & Crime Literary Fiction Modern Detectives Mystery Fiction Detective Suspense Crime
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Critic Reviews

Thomas Mullen writes the opposite of escapist fiction: his thrillers force the reader to confront the realities of "skewed" Southern justice, police brutality, civic corruption and mind-boggling racial prejudice . . . Mullen is "an expert button-pusher". His heartfelt, heavy-hitting, feel-bad fiction makes your blood boil
An exemplary and compelling series . . . Enlightening and admirable
All the ingredients drive the story through a terrific shoot-out and surprises to an explosive climax. Genius!
Modern American literature at its most eye-opening and important and crime fiction at its compelling, excellent best
All stars
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Another great story from Thomas Mullen! The immersion into the social and political reality of 1950s Atlanta is just brilliant. And the narrator is excellent. Highly recommend!

Compelling story and narration

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This is book 3 in this crime series set in Atlanta 1956.. Wonderful atmospheric historical crime fiction. Great characters, strong narration.

Fabulous Crime Series

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