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Room to Swing: A Touie Moore Mystery
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781627553674
Publisher: Black Curtain Press
Published: Jun 19 2013
Pages: 158
Weight: 0.53
Height: 0.37 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A hardboiled crime novel set in New York City, following a private investigator drawn into a case shaped by race, identity, and social tension. Touie Moore, a Black detective working in a predominantly white profession, is hired to locate a missing man, only to find the assignment complicated by layers of concealment, prejudice, and shifting loyalties.
Ed Lacy structures the narrative as both investigation and observation, allowing the case to unfold alongside a broader portrait of urban life. The novel's force lies not in elaborate plotting but in its clarity of voice and its attention to the lived realities surrounding the investigation. Moore's perspective introduces a dimension rarely foregrounded in mid-century crime fiction, situating the work within a distinct social context without departing from the conventions of the genre.
Awarded the Edgar Award for Best Novel, Room to Swing remains notable for its combination of procedural structure and social awareness, offering a crime narrative that extends beyond resolution into the conditions that shape it.
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