Fiction River readers make the call in this latest volume of Fiction River Presents. From a reluctant warrior fighting a battle in her own backyard, to a man coming to terms with the racial inequality of his youth, to a romance blooming out of adversity, Readers' Choice offers up favorite stories from the first four years of Fiction River. Spanning genre lines from historical mystery to science fiction to Regency romance, this volume proves why Adventures Fantastic says: "[Fiction River] is one of the best and most exciting publications in the field today."

Fiction River Presents: Readers' Choice - Fiction River Presents, #6

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

Premier jour de l'an 1970. Smokey Dalton n'est pas malheureux de voir une nouvelle décennie s'ouvrir, pourtant sa bonne humeur sera de courte durée. Son fils, Jimmy, l'appelle à l'aide. Il s'est mis en mauvaise posture en voulant protéger son amie et "cousine" Lacey, terriblement en danger... et c'est ainsi que Smokey va découvrir un sordide réseau de kidnapping de jeunes filles, d'esclavage et de prostitution. Il mettra toute son énergie à empêcher de nuire ces criminels dénués de la moindre humanité, et à faire fermer les hôtels qui les abritent. Cette nouvelle enquête est haletante de bout en bout, et lève à nouveau le voile sur les terribles travers d'une société américaine pas si éloignée, en l'occurrence sur le sort réservé aux jeunes filles par des hommes sans scrupules.

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, Que la guerre soit avec nous ! et Quatre jours de rage.

Justice de rue

"Kris Nelscott can lay claim to the strongest series of detective novels now being written by an American author." SalonSmokey 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. The case forces Smokey to dig 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, Thin Walls shows why Publisher's Weekly gave it a starred review, and Booklist calls it "another fine entry in an outstanding series."Read the whole gripping series:A Dangerous Road, Book 1Smoke-Filled Rooms, Book 2Thin Walls, Book 3Stone Cribs, Book 4War at Home, Book 5Days of Rage, Book 6Street Justice, Book 7 "Somebody needs to say that Kris Nelscott is engaged in an ongoing fictional study of a thorny era in American political and racial history. If that's not enough to get 'serious' critics and readers to pay attention to her, it's their loss." Charles Taylor, SalonKris Nelscott is an open pen name used by New York Times bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch. The first Smokey Dalton novel, A Dangerous Road, won the Herodotus Award for Best Historical Mystery and was short-listed for the Edgar Award for Best Novel; the second, Smoke-Filled Rooms, was a PNBA Book Award finalist; and the third, Thin Walls, was one of the Chicago Tribune's best mysteries of the year. Kirkus chose Days of Rage as one of the top ten mysteries of the year and it was also nominated for a Shamus award for The Best Private Eye Hardcover Novel of the Year. Entertainment Weekly says her equals are Walter Mosley and Raymond Chandler. Booklist calls the Smokey Dalton books "a high-class crime series."

Thin Walls: A Smokey Dalton Novel - Smokey Dalton, #3

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

Seconde enquête de Smokey Dalton. Août 1968. C'est dans une atmosphère de terreur que le détéctive de Memphis est contraint de fuir sa ville en compagnie de Jimmy, son jeune protégé, témoin du meurtre du prix Nobel de la Paix et icône de la communauté noire. Smokey et Jimmy se réfugient à Chicago, pensant pouvoir y recommencer une nouvelle vie, mais de nouveaux meurtres obligent Smokey à enquêter.

A Couper Au Couteau

"Je savais qu'il allait arriver quelque chose, mais je ne me suis jamais douté que ce quelque chose, ce serait la mort de Martin Luther King." Nous sommes en 1968 : Smokey Dalton est détective privé, installé à Memphis. Il est Noir. Alors que le pasteur le plus célèbre d'Amérique est assassiné, une riche Blanche débarque dans le bureau et la vie de Smokey : elle voudrait savoir pourquoi sa mère a décidé de lui léguer, à lui, une part de son héritage. Entre secrets de famille, tensions raciales et violences policières, ce polar admirablement mené offre une part d'Amérique.

La route de tous les dangers

UC Berkeley, January, 1969-In the midst of turbulent student protests on campus, a cherished building suddenly bursts into flames. Pammy Griffin, an alum who owns a women's gym nearby, heads over to check out the fire and walks straight into a troubling mystery. Who wants Berkeley to burn? Hippies? Protesters? Or someone with an even darker motive?But as Pammy investigates, she finds herself, and her gym, embroiled in a troubling turn of events. To catch the arsonist, she and members of her gym must confront some of society's most brutal, and most hidden, violence using whatever weapons they can."Nelscott recalls the era with vivid accuracy."-St. Petersburg Times

Blaming the Arsonist

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

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