Darkness Descending: A Mimi Patterson/Gianna Maglione Mystery (The Mimi Patterson/Gianna Maglione Mysteries) - Softcover

Mickelbury, Penny

Softcover

ISBN 10: 154416923X ISBN 13: 9781544169231

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

It sometimes seems to Police Lieutenant Gianna Maglione that people invent new ways to visit hate upon each other, and she should know: As head of the Washington, D.C. police department's Hate Crimes Unit, she gets a close-up look at the ugliness on a regular basis, and it's taking a toll. Montgomery "Mimi" Patterson sees her share of ugly, too. As the city's top investigative newspaper reporter, her forte is uncovering government graft and corruption at high and low levels, and those she brings down hate her for it. "I didn't tell 'em to steal the public's money," she says with a shrug. But it's getting to her. Tired of corrupt politicians, she seeks a different kind of story and runs right into a hate crime and one of HCU's investigations. It's a dance she and Gianna have done before and while they still don't like it--especially Gianna--it is something they're learning to deal with, something they must learn to deal with if their relationship is to survive, and that's something they both want. They both sense a darkness settling over the city they both love, and it's coming from the worst possible places and people: Corrupt, hate-filled cops and corrupt, hate-filled ministers. The police department and the church. No way they can let this happen in their city, so for the first time, Mimi and Gianna agree to work together. Mimi and Gianna. Once again, love wins.

About this title

About the Author:

Penny Mickelbury is an award-winning novelist who also is a playwright and journalist. She lives in Atlanta and Los Angeles.

Review:

Italian cop Gianna Maglione and African-American reporter Mimi Ptterson are two fo the most disparate and intriguing investigators in all of mystery fiction. Penny Micelbury is one of our best writers. Between the three of them, we have a compelling, electric mystery that takes us into the heart, the secrets, and the deadly menace to an insular community - and does so with fire and compassion ... her work is more relevant than ever. She is not to be missed. --Katherine V. Forrest, Award-winning author, The Kate Delafield Mysteries

Sophisticated and breakthrough. A novel that challenges the gay and lesbian community to examine its internalized homophobia in the days of the emerging awarenes of the AG Dom community, the media hyped down-low brothas and tin the continuing struggle of hate crime injustice. --Venus Magazine

Ten years ago, when Keeping Secrets was first released it broke new ground. Each woman worked independentlyguided by the unique perspectives of her racial and professional identities ... they've given Mickelbury's readers a multifaceted and multi-layered view. --The Gay Detective Novel, Judith Markowitz, Ph.D.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 154416923X
• ISBN 13: 9781544169231
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 172