Boogie Down - Softcover

Serrano, Daniel

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ISBN 10: 044619414X ISBN 13: 9780446194143

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, 2010

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Fierce and controversial, Detective Cassandra Maldonado played major hardball to join New York's most elite homicide squad. But she's never seen anything like the hauntingly brutal murder of FYSHBone, a rap superstar and media mogul. Cassandra's instincts tell her that Sabio Guzm�n, Bone's risk-addicted celebrity lawyer, is keeping secrets worth killing for. With the Feds, the city's biggest loan shark, and a vicious music tycoon all out to silence Sabio for good, the heat Cassandra feels for him is destined to bring explosive bad news. Soon their careers and lives are on the line. They're left with everything to lose, nowhere to hide-and one deadly last chance to uncover the truth . . .

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About the Author

Daniel Serrano was born and raised by his mother in the tough streets of New York and Chicago. The eldest of three boys, Serrano witnessed gangs, crime, drugs, poverty, and even murder, as his family lived the urban Latino struggle. After drifting through menial jobs for years, he enrolled in the Weekend Program at Shimer College and studied the classics.

Serrano went on to earn a law degree from St. John's University. As an attorney, he has spent the bulk of his career advising politicians and alleged criminals. He is currently at work on his next book. Daniel currently divides his time between New York City and Puerto Rico, where he is hard at work on his next novel.

Review

"Vivid, debut urban noir...A dose of unsentimental romance helps Eddie along and puts Serrano in the same class as young noir-meisters Charlie Huston and Jason Star." (Publishers Weekly on Gunmetal Black)

"Here's proof that street lit is not limited to African American characters or readers. Debut novelist Serrano adds a Latino flavor to the genre with this intricate, Spanish-slang-laced story about a Puerto Rican parolee's journey from jail cell to Chicago's rough streets as he encounters betrayal, police corruption, casual sex, and stunning violence. The tense plot will grip readers, who will clamor for Serrano's next work. For street lit collections and collections serving Hispanic populations." (Rollie Welch, LibraryJournal.com on Gunmetal Black)

"Gunmetal Black is gritty and urgent from the first word until the last. Wow!" (Victor McGlothin, Essence bestselling author on Gunmetal Black)

"This book is the truth, the truth about getting out of prison and trying to turn your life around. Your best friends become your biggest problems, and your old enemies do all they can to do you in. Eddie Santiago was between a rock and a hard place, but he managed to make it through. Unpredictable, with non-stop action, this is one of the most satisfying books I've ever read. Daniel wrote about the drugs, the sex and senseless violence in an honest and new way. Congratulations Daniel Serrano... You earned that buck like a mutha...." (Felicia Snoop Pearson, author of GRACE AFTER MIDNIGHT on Gunmetal Black)

"Absolutely sensational!" (Teri Woods, New York Times Bestselling Author of True to the Game on Gunmetal Black)