Accidental Hunter: A D Hunter Mystery - Hardcover
"Great reading for the criminal-minded."
--VIBE
"George writes with pace and panache...packing his tale with more glitzy characters than a red carpet E! broadcast."
--Kirkus Reviews
"Emmy-winning TV producer George examines the ambition, deception, corruption and pervasive drug culture that lurk on the underside of the music world in this noirish thriller."
--Publishers Weekly
"The Accidental Hunter is a real page-turner, worth staying up late into the night for."
--PopMatters.com
"From the beginning, there is nonstop action and excitement. D. is a man trying to survive the mean streets and do the right thing, even if it's sometimes hard to know what the right things are."
--RT Book Reviews
"The ending of the book has me anticipating the next in the series."
--Rawsistaz Literary Group
The Accidental Hunter marks the debut of D Hunter, Nelson George's unforgettable bodyguard-turned-PI whom Library Journal calls ..".as world weary, yet steadfast, as Philip Marlowe." A security specialist who thrives off of Manhattan's nightlife, D Hunter is the man people turn to when they need help without drawing the attention of the NYPD.
When a rising R&B star is kidnapped, music manager Ivy Greenwich hires D for an unusual assignment. Things go well, and D thinks he s done. But Greenwich has other plans: he wants D to escort mega-pop star Bridgette Haze around New York City's top hip hop clubs to give her an edgier, more urban image. Hunter reluctantly agrees, and he soon finds himself both falling for Haze and in urgent pursuit of a mysterious kidnapper, all while battling his own thirst for revenge.
Like the subsequent novels in the D Hunter Mystery series--The Plot Against Hip Hop and The Lost Treasures of R&B--The Accidental Hunter is a fast-paced, noir-tinged mystery fueled by New York City's hip hop culture.
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--VIBE
"George writes with pace and panache...packing his tale with more glitzy characters than a red carpet E! broadcast."
--Kirkus Reviews
"Emmy-winning TV producer George examines the ambition, deception, corruption and pervasive drug culture that lurk on the underside of the music world in this noirish thriller."
--Publishers Weekly
"The Accidental Hunter is a real page-turner, worth staying up late into the night for."
--PopMatters.com
"From the beginning, there is nonstop action and excitement. D. is a man trying to survive the mean streets and do the right thing, even if it's sometimes hard to know what the right things are."
--RT Book Reviews
"The ending of the book has me anticipating the next in the series."
--Rawsistaz Literary Group
The Accidental Hunter marks the debut of D Hunter, Nelson George's unforgettable bodyguard-turned-PI whom Library Journal calls ..".as world weary, yet steadfast, as Philip Marlowe." A security specialist who thrives off of Manhattan's nightlife, D Hunter is the man people turn to when they need help without drawing the attention of the NYPD.
When a rising R&B star is kidnapped, music manager Ivy Greenwich hires D for an unusual assignment. Things go well, and D thinks he s done. But Greenwich has other plans: he wants D to escort mega-pop star Bridgette Haze around New York City's top hip hop clubs to give her an edgier, more urban image. Hunter reluctantly agrees, and he soon finds himself both falling for Haze and in urgent pursuit of a mysterious kidnapper, all while battling his own thirst for revenge.
Like the subsequent novels in the D Hunter Mystery series--The Plot Against Hip Hop and The Lost Treasures of R&B--The Accidental Hunter is a fast-paced, noir-tinged mystery fueled by New York City's hip hop culture.
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Review:
Valerie Wilson Wesley, author of Dying in the Dark In the tradition of Chester Himes and Iceberg Slim, Night Work is very dark, fast-paced, and offers a look at a world that is both intriguing and disturbing.
Tananarive Due, author of The Good House Night Work is an engrossing ride through New York's underbelly of sex, music, drugs, and dreams-for-hire. Nelson George creates dead-on characters in a world of hustlers, pimps, models, and dream-makers, a suspenseful blend of seaminess and simple humanity. You won't want to stop reading until long past night.
About the Author:
Tananarive Due, author of The Good House Night Work is an engrossing ride through New York's underbelly of sex, music, drugs, and dreams-for-hire. Nelson George creates dead-on characters in a world of hustlers, pimps, models, and dream-makers, a suspenseful blend of seaminess and simple humanity. You won't want to stop reading until long past night.
Nelson George is an author, filmmaker, and lifelong resident of Brooklyn. His novels include the first two in his D Hunter mystery series, The Accidental Hunter and The Plot Against Hip Hop. Among his many nonfiction works are The Death of Rhythm & Blues, Hip Hop America, the recently published The Hippest Trip in America: Soul Train and the Evolution of Culture & Style, and City Kid, his memoir. As a filmmaker he's directed the documentaries Brooklyn Boheme for Revolt, The Announcement for ESPN, and Finding the Funk for VH1. The Lost Treasures of R&B, the third book in his D Hunter mystery series, is his latest novel.
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- PublisherTandem Library
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 1417720913
- ISBN 13 9781417720910
- BindingHardcover
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