The Black Stiletto: Black & White
by Raymond Benson
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Pub Date May 30 2012 | Archive Date May 14 2015
Description
It's 1959, and Judy Cooper, the Black Stiletto, sets out to confront a dangerous gangster known as the heroin king of Harlem when the teenage daughter of her beloved martial arts instructor ends up a prisoner in an uptown narcotics den.
And the Stiletto has troubles of her own - a shady filmmaker is threatening to reveal her identity to the world - a close friend of her landlord and substitute father may be in cahoots with the Harlem criminals - she's fighting for racial equality - and she has fallen in love again...this time with an FBI agent who has standing orders to arrest her.
Meantime, in the present, the Stiletto's son Martin faces his own blackmail crisis when he finds out that there is a second copy of an 8mm film he found in his mother's strongbox - showing the Black Stiletto unmasked in a film studio dressing room. As he tries to stop the filmmaker's son's extortion plot, he learns that his daughter, Gina, has been brutally assaulted in New York City.
The past and the present meet as two shattering climaxes converge.
Advance Praise
"Raymond Benson does a wonderful job telling this tale with humor, suspense, love and just great characters in this outstanding book."
BestSellersWorld.com & MysteriesGalore.com, February 2012
"…richly detailed, well-researched, and surprisingly believable...In particular, the Black Stiletto is completely human and takes on human gangsters and street thugs, not super-powered adversaries… Benson is very good at giving his narrators distinct voices which gives the books almost the feel of an oral history.”
BlogCritics.org, April 2012
"...this is a completely captivating and exciting suspense novel. Though it's brought to a satisfying conclusion, there are still enough unanswered questions for subsequent books, which is good since THE BLACK STILETTO is the start of a thrilling new series." Freshfiction.com, August, 2011
“Serious adult novels about caped or costumed super hero crusaders never work… until now…It is a beautifully complete story, but leaves hints throughout that this is only the first chapter in the adventures of The Black Stiletto. Bravo, Raymond Benson.” Blogcritics.org
“…Benson captures the style of a young woman’s diary and moves with ease between time periods…nonstop action. Prime escapism.” ~Michele Leber, Booklist
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781608090419 |
| PRICE | $25.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 336 |
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