Memphis, 1968: Martin Luther King s'écroule sous les baltes d'un meurtrier anonyme. Jimmy, le fils du détective privé Smokey Dalton, est le seul à avoir vu son visage. Confronté au FBI qui veut le faire taire à tout prix, son père le cache à Chicago. Le répit est de courte durée. Dans la ville, où se tient un meeting politique décisif, le FBI est omniprésent, la tension est à couper au couteau.

A couper au couteau

Berkeley, May, 1969-When former Army nurse Captain June "Eagle" Eagleton returned from Vietnam, she thought she left the war zone behind. But when the familiar sound of a helicopter wakes Eagle from sleep, she realizes she has awoken in a very different kind of war zone: one filled with tear gas, and kids, and the National Guard. As Eagle fights her way to help her friend Pammy at A Gym of Her Own, she finds herself in the middle of a very difficult situation-one where saving lives might prove harder than she thought possible."Nelscott recalls the era with vivid accuracy."-St. Petersburg Times

Combat Medic

Years ago, Lurleen helped the NAACP investigate lynchings. She stopped when she met her husband, but never forgot the work.or the caution it required. After his death, Lurleen finds herself struggling to find purpose. She travels to New York without a plan. But what she finds there might help her face her past-and finally chart her future. A powerful story about justice, courage, and facing one's true self. "'Still Life 1931' by Kris Nelscott (Kristine Kathryn Rusch), based on Hotel Room (1931) [a painting by Edward Hopper], was perhaps the best story in the collection [In Sunlight or in Shadow, edited by Lawrence Block], telling the story of Lurleen, a white volunteer/informant for the NAACP at the beginning of the Great Depression."-New York Journal of Books

Still Life 1931

Called "an outstanding series" by Booklist and "triumphant" by the Chicago Tribune, Kris Nelscott's Smokey Dalton mysteries boast numerous awards, including finalists for the Edgar and Shamus awards. The Oregonian says: "The Nelscott series setting, in the turbulent late '60s, gives her books layers of issues of racism, class, and war, all of which still seem to remain sadly timely today." And Entertainment Weekly says of the main character: "It's not hard to draw parallels between Nelscott's PI Smokey Dalton and Walter Mosley's Easy Rawlins."This ebook contains a list of all of the books in the series in reading order, with covers, descriptions, reviews, and links to buy.

Smokey Dalton Series Reading Order Guide - Smokey Dalton

Called "an outstanding series" by Booklist and "triumphant" by the Chicago Tribune, Kris Nelscott's Smokey Dalton mysteries boast numerous awards, including finalists for the Edgar and Shamus awards. The Oregonian says: "The Nelscott series setting, in the turbulent late '60s, gives her books layers of issues of racism, class, and war, all of which still seem to remain sadly timely today." And Entertainment Weekly says of the main character: "It's not hard to draw parallels between Nelscott's PI Smokey Dalton and Walter Mosley's Easy Rawlins, another secretive, canny black man trying to solve mysteries while circumspectly navigating the white world.  But Dalton's no knock-off.  (Would you label the hundreds of hard-boiled detectives who've appeared in Raymond Chandler's wake mere Marlow Xeroxes because they're white?)"This boxed set includes the first three books in the series: A Dangerous Road, Smoke-Filled Rooms, and Thin Walls. A Dangerous Road (Edgar Award Finalist)Private Investigator Smokey Dalton works for Memphis, Tennessee's black community. He has almost no interaction with the white hierarchy, even though they exist only blocks away. So he's surprised the day a white woman walks into his Beale Street office. Laura Hathaway has sought him out because he's a beneficiary in her mother's will, and Laura wants to know why. So does Smokey. He's never heard of the Hathaways, but his search will take him on a journey that will change everything he's ever known. Set against the backdrop of the strike and protests that will end with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, A Dangerous Road combines the politics of race, betrayal, unexpected love, and the terrible cost of trust into a story so memorable the Mystery Writers of America chose it as one of the top five novels of the year and the Historical Mystery Appreciation Society honored it as the winner of the Herodotus Award for Best Historical Mystery. Smoke-Filled RoomsOn the run after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., Private Investigator Smokey Dalton has settled under an assumed name in Chicago. But history won't leave him alone. His job in security at the Chicago Hilton places him in the center of the protests at the 1968 Democratic Convention. Worse, a killer works his South Side neighborhood. Smokey can't ignore the crimes, any more than he can ignore the tension building in the city that hot August. He must take action, before he loses everything. Chosen as one of the top ten mystery novels of the year by both Deadly Pleasures and Booklist. Thin WallsSmokey Dalton and Jimmy, the young boy he protects, have settled into a new life on Chicago's South Side. But when Smokey gets hired to investigate the death of a black man in a local park, he realizes that the murder might not be an isolated case.  The Chicago Police Department doesn't really investigate black deaths, particularly near the South Side. Smokey thinks the case easy, until he digs deeper into the history of the area, a history that includes gangs, racism, and secrets so dark they threaten his very existence. Chosen as one of the top ten mystery novels of the year by the Chicago Tribune.

The Smokey Dalton Boxed Set: Books 1-3 - Smokey Dalton

Smokey Dalton est de retour à Chicago, après l'été 1969 passé à chercher un refuge pour lui et pour son fils adoptif Jimmy. Il aspire à une seule chose : une vie paisible, dans laquelle il ne serait pas obligé de regarder sans cesse par-dessus son épaule pour vérifier s'il est suivi. Si sa relation avec Laura Hathaway est toujours aussi confuse, il a en revanche récupéré son boulot d'inspecteur d'immeubles pour la compagnie Sturdy. Le sort le rattrape lorsqu'il découvre emmurés plusieurs cadavres - blancs ou noirs ? - dans la cave d'une maison... À cela, ajoutons que le leader des Black Panthers lui demande d'enquêter sur les violences policières qui ont conduit à la mort de deux pacifistes noirs.

Trop pour un seul homme, dites-vous ? Bien sûr que non : Smokey Dalton a de la ressource !

Kris Nelscott est une auteure américaine prolifique récompensée par de nombreux prix prestigieux, et traduite dans une quinzaine de langues. Elle a déjà publié, à l'Aube, La Route de tous les dangers, À couper au couteau, Blanc sur noir, Les faiseurs d'ange et Que la guerre soit avec nous !

Quatre jours de rage

Smokey Dalton gets a call from an old friend to help transport a battered woman and her young daughter from Madison, Wisconsin, to a shelter in Chicago. When Smokey and Marvella Walker show up at the drop site, they learn that the woman is both white and a racist. She refuses to leave with them. And that's only the beginning of their problems. Chosen as one of the best mystery short stories of 2009, "Family Affair" shows why Booklist calls the Smokey Dalton books "a high-class crime series.""You don't need to be a fan of private-eye novels to admire Smokey: You just need a conscience."-Kirkus Reviews starred review of Smoke-Filled Rooms"Nelscott's hard-boiled style gives an added blast of energy to the captivating story, and because her characters are so nuanced and naturally complex, we don't know whom to trust."-The Boston Globe on Stone Cribs

Family Affair: A Smokey Dalton Story - Smokey Dalton

Rentrant d'un dîner de charité avec Laura Hathaway, la jeune et riche héritière dont il est l'amant, Smokey Dalton découvre chez sa voisine une jeune femme en train d'agoniser. A l'hôpital, le médecin de garde conclut à un avortement qui a mal tourné. Dalton va partir à la recherche des faiseurs d'anges dans les profondeurs d'un Chicago en pleine mutation, où la violence est omniprésente.

Les Faiseurs D'anges

La vie dans le Chicago des années 1960 ressemble à une balade sur le fil d'un rasoir. Les Blancs considèrent l'émancipation des Afro-Américains comme une maladie contagieuse - et mortelle. De leur côté, de nombreux jeunes Noirs du ghetto ne rêvent que de révolution violente. C'est dans ce contexte que plusieurs personnes sont tuées dans le quartier où Smokey et Jimmy essaient de reconstruire leur vie, attirant inévitablement le regard inquisiteur des flics. À première vue, rien ne relie ces meurtres. Mais il est facile d'y deviner la ligne invisible tracée par les Blancs pour tenter de contenir l'avancée des Noirs enrichis qui commencent à migrer vers des quartiers plus chic. et plus sûrs.

Kris Nelscott (pseudonyme), née en 1960, a été récompensée par de nombreux prix. Son ouvre est traduite dans une quinzaine de langues. La route de tous les dangers est le premier volume d'une série consacrée au personnage de Smokey Dalton, initialement publiée à l'Aube avant d'être reprise par Points. En 2018, l'Aube relance cette série depuis le début et poursuivra avec les titres inédits.

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