{"product_id":"lightning-men-9781501138805","title":"Lightning Men","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \"the most compelling new series in crime fiction\" (Michael Koryta, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author) comes \"a sharply observed novel\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) that explores race, law enforcement, and justice in mid-century Atlanta.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOfficer Denny Rakestraw and \"Negro Officers\" Lucius Boggs and Tommy Smith have their hands full in an overcrowded and rapidly changing Atlanta. It's 1950 and racial tensions are simmering as black families, including Smith's sister, begin moving into formerly all-white neighborhoods. When Rake's brother-in-law launches a scheme to rally the Ku Klux Klan to \"save\" their neighborhood, his efforts spiral out of control, forcing Rake to choose between loyalty to family or the law. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcross town, Boggs and Smith try to shut down the supply of white lightning and drugs into their territory, finding themselves up against more powerful foes than they'd expected. Battling corrupt cops and ex-cons, Nazi brown shirts and rogue Klansmen, the officers are drawn closer to the fires that threaten to consume the city once again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith echoes of Walter Mosley and Dennis Lehane, Mullen \"expands the boundaries of crime fiction, weaving in eye-opening details from our checkered history\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMullen, Thomas:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Thomas Mullen is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lightning Men\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Darktown\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Last Town on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named Best Debut Novel of 2006 by \u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e. He was also awarded the James Fenimore Cooper Prize for excellence in historical fiction for \u003ci\u003eThe Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Revisionists\u003c\/i\u003e. His works have been named to Year's Best lists by \u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. His stories and essays have been published in \u003ci\u003eGrantland\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePaste\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and his \u003ci\u003eAtlanta Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e true crime story about a novelist\/con man won the City and Regional Magazine Award for Best Feature. He lives in Atlanta with his wife and sons.","brand":"37 Ink","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50911325913362,"sku":"9781501138805","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0bf2581d-b57b-47b0-907b-4550e34647c3.jpg?v=1738736804","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lightning-men-9781501138805","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}