EPISODE · Sep 14, 2012 · 3 MIN
Streets of Fire by Thomas H. Cook
from the Essential Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Police & Detective · host Daniella Cassin
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/139754 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Streets of Fire Author: Thomas H. Cook Narrator: George Guidall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 34 minutes Release date: September 14, 2012 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: It is May 1963, in Birmingham, Alabama. As Martin Luther King, Jr.'s civil rights demonstrations begin to fill the streets, prejudices awaken and tempers flare. Amid the violence and confusion, a deaf black girl is found raped and murdered. Veteran homicide detective Ben Wellman pursues the murderer through the throngs of protesters, the pool halls of the black district of Bearmatch, the white mansions of Mountain Brook, and finally, even in his own department. As he did in Sacrificial Ground, Cook has created a novel of uncommon force and resonance.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/139754 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Streets of Fire Author: Thomas H. Cook Narrator: George Guidall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 34 minutes Release date: September 14, 2012 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: It is May 1963, in Birmingham, Alabama. As Martin Luther King, Jr.'s civil rights demonstrations begin to fill the streets, prejudices awaken and tempers flare. Amid the violence and confusion, a deaf black girl is found raped and murdered. Veteran homicide detective Ben Wellman pursues the murderer through the throngs of protesters, the pool halls of the black district of Bearmatch, the white mansions of Mountain Brook, and finally, even in his own department. As he did in Sacrificial Ground, Cook has created a novel of uncommon force and resonance.
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