Episode 186: Crime Novelist Gary Phillips and April Crime Fiction Picks of the Month

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On this episode of Diverse Voices Book Review we had our crime fiction picks of the month with Scott Montgomery and Amanda Moore, but opened with an extended conversation with Gary Phillips, author of the novel ONE-SHOT-HARRY. Molly Odintz, who is part of the monthly crime fiction team, was not able to join us this month.
In ONE-SHOT HARRY, freelance Black crime photographer Harry Ingram is a Korean War vet in 1963 Los Angeles on the eve of a visit by Martin Luther King, Jr. prior to the March on Washington. Then a long-gone foxhole buddy shows up and dies under mysterious circumstances. Armed with his wits, his camera, and occasionally his service .45, Harry plunges headfirst into the seamier underbelly of L.A. society — tangling with racists, leftists, blackmailers, gangsters, zealots and lovers, all in the hope of finding something resembling justice for his friend. Gary Phillips’s web page for his new novel is https://gdphillips.com/portfolio/one-shot-harry/.
Our April Crime Fiction Picks of the Month are ONE-SHOT HARRY, THE FUGUTIVE COLOURS by Nancy Bilyeau (http://www.nancybilyeau.com/), and SHADOW HOUSE by Anna Downs (https://anna-downes.com/).
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