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Darktown: A Novel (The Darktown Series Book 1) by Thomas Mullen is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Darktown: A Novel (The Darktown Series Book 1) about?

In the tradition of our most acclaimed suspense writers, the author of The Last Town on Earth delivers a riveting and elegant police procedural set in Atlanta, a ripped-from-the-headlines depiction of a world on the cusp of great change involving race relations, city politics, and police corruption. Responding to pressure from on high, the Atlanta police department is forced to hire its first black officers. It's a victory of sorts, though the newly minted policemen are met with deep hostility by their white peers and their authority is limited: They can't arrest a suspect unless a white officer is present; they can't drive a squad car; they can't even enter the station through the front door. When a black woman who was last seen in a car driven by a white man with connections to the APD turns up fatally beaten, no one seems to care except for Lucius and Boggs, two black cops from vastly different backgrounds, who risk their jobs, the trust the community has put in them, and even their own safety to investigate her death. When their efforts stall they have to work alongside fellow officers who include the old-school cop, Dunlow, and his partner, Rakestraw, a young progressive who m

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It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.

Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Thomas Mullen
Publisher
Atria Books
Published
2015
Language
EN
ISBN
9781501133879
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
True Crime, Literary Fiction, Fiction
Rating
4.06 / 5 (2,357 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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