“A sudden banging on the front door sent a chill down my neck and into my chest…”
In this second outing in the Fearless Jones series, quiet African-American bookstore owner Paris Minton once again finds himself pulled into violent events beyond his control in 1950s Watts by his best friend, “Fearless” Jones. (more…)

Fearless Jones (book cover)
Style/genre: Hard-boiled
If you like this try…Raymond Chandler, Robert B. Parker, Dashiell Hammett
Rating:4 out of 5 fingerprints
“My used-book store had been open for just about a month when the police showed up….”
Paris Minton is an African-American bookstore owner in 1950s Los Angeles who prefers reading his wares to using his fists. When the lovely Elana Love wiggles into his store one day, (more…)