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Streets of Fire

By: Thomas Cook
Narrated by: George Guidall
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It is May 1963, in Birmingham, Alabama. As Martin Luther King, Jr.’s civil rights demonstrations begin to fill the streets, prejudices awaken and tempers flare. Amid the violence and confusion, a deaf black girl is found raped and murdered. Veteran homicide detective Ben Wellman pursues the murderer through the throngs of protesters, the pool halls of the black district of Bearmatch, the white mansions of Mountain Brook, and, finally, even in his own department. As he did in Sacrificial Ground, Cook has created a novel of uncommon force and resonance.

©1989 Thomas H. Cook (P)1994 Recorded Books Crime Crime Fiction Historical Mystery Police Procedural Fiction
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well written with excellent description of the situation in Birmingham Alabama at the time of Martin Luther King. The festering protests and oppressive climate form a rich backdrop to a tightly evolved murder mystery.

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