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To Funk and Die in La
Paperback
Series: A D Hunter Mystery
Mystery & ThrillerLiterary Fiction
Publisher Price: $15.95
ISBN13: 9781617755866
Publisher: Akashic Books, Ltd.
Published: Sep 5 2017
Pages: 225
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.00 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
George explores funk in his fine fourth novel featuring D Hunter, New York bodyguard and, by virtue of his jobs and interests, music historian. --Publishers Weekly
A must-read!--BookRiot
To Funk and Die in LA, the fourth book in the D Hunter crime-fiction series, brings the ex-bodyguard to the City of Angels on a very dark mission when his grandfather, businessman Daniel Big Danny Hunter, is shot dead in a drive-by. Why would someone execute a grocery store owner? D soon finds there was more to Big Danny's life than selling loaves of bread. The old man, it turns out, was deeply involved with Dr. Funk, a legendary musical innovator who has become a mysterious recluse.
Most of the novel takes place in the LA neighborhoods of Crenshaw, Koreatown, and Pico-Union--areas where black, Asian, and Latino cultures intersect away from the glamour of Hollywood--and echoes of the 1992 riots play a significant role in D's investigation. In the tradition of Raymond Chandler and Walter Mosley, D Hunter rides through the mean streets of Los Angeles seeking truth and not always finding justice.
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