Shades Of Black: Crime And Mystery Stories By African-American Authors

A dazzling collection of crime and mystery stories, Shades of Black is a landmark achievement. Bringing together today's brightest talent from the field-from Walter Mosley, "one of America's best mystery writers" (New York Times), to the late Hugh Holton, whose "gift for retaining suspense is golden" (Chicago Sun-Times)-it is the first anthology of African-American mystery writers. Shades of Black is not only a tribute to the art of storytelling-it's a fascinating foray into the rich and widely varied African-American experience.

Includes stories by:

Frankie Y. Bailey — Jacqueline Turner Banks — Chris Benson — Eleanor Taylor Bland and Anthony Bland — Patricia E. Canterbury — Christopher Chambers — Tracy Clark — Evelyn Coleman — Grace F. Edwards — Robert Greer — Terris MacMahan Grimes — Gar Anthony Haywood — Hugh Holton — Geri Spencer Hunter — Dicey Scroggins Jackson — Glenville Lovell — Lee E. Meadows — Penny Mickelbury — Walter Mosley — Percy Spurlark Parker — Gary Phillips — Charles Shipps

• Author
• Eleanor Taylor Bland

• Format
• hardcover

• Pages
• 368

• Publisher
• Berkley Hardcover

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780425194027

• Genres
• mystery, fiction

• Release date
• 2004