Tempted by Trouble
$34.67
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
7 June 2011
Summary
It’s love and bullets-Dickey style-in this blistering novel abouta couple who say yes to big time risks when playing it safe stops paying off…Dmytryk and Cora Knight were a respectable couple with a solid, comfortable life on the affluent side of Detroit-until a crippling recession annihilates their careers, and they find themselves desperate to hold on.Then a powerful crime boss gives them an opportunity to buy back their old lives. All Dmytryk has to do is rob a few banks- two minutes, in and out, nobody gets hurt. But no sooner does he begin his new life of crime than Cora disappears without a trace.Now, more determined than ever to get his life back on track, Dmytryk is only one bank job away from moving on and finding Cora. But when the job goes dangerously wrong, Dmytryk realizes that destiny has other plans for him.It’s love and bullets-Dickey style-in this blistering novel abouta couple who say yes to big time risks when playing it safe stops paying off…Dmytryk and Cora Knight were a respectable couple with a solid, comfortable life on the affluent side of Detroit-until a crippling recession annihilates their careers, and they find themselves desperate to hold on.Then a powerful crime boss gives them an opportunity to buy back their old lives. All Dmytryk has to do is rob a few banks- two minutes, in and out, nobody gets hurt. But no sooner does he begin his new life of crime than Cora disappears without a trace.Now, more determined than ever to get his life back on track, Dmytryk is only one bank job away from moving on and finding Cora. But when the job goes dangerously wrong, Dmytryk realizes that destiny has other plans for him.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780451232663 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0451232666 |
| Author: | Eric Jerome Dickey |
| Publisher: | New American Library |
| Imprint: | New American Library |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 7 June 2011 |
| Weight: | 286g |
| Dimensions: | 140mm x 210mm |
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“[O]ne of the most successful Black authors of the last quarter-century.”—The New York Times
“Eric Jerome Dickey’s work is a master class in Black joy….[his] characters—bold, smart women oozing sexuality and vulnerability—navigate interpersonal conflicts using dialogue that crackles with authenticity.”—The Atlantic
“[Eric Jerome Dickey is] the king of African American fiction.”—Entertainment Weekly
Eric Jerome Dickey
Eric Jerome Dickey (1961-2021) was the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of twenty-nine novels, as well as a six-issue miniseries of graphic novels featuring Storm (X-Men) and the Black Panther. His novel Sister, Sister was honored as one of Essence’s “50 Most Impactful Black Books of the Last 50 Years,” and A Wanted Woman won the NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Literary Work in 2014. His most recent novels include The Blackbirds, Finding Gideon, Bad Men and Wicked Women, Before We Were Wicked, The Business of Lovers, and The Son of Mr. Suleman.
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