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All the Lucky Ones Are Dead

Gar Anthony Haywood

Ages 14–18

208 pages · Released Apr 17, 2012

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This is a hard-boiled detective mystery centered on a murder investigation disguised as a rap star's suicide, featuring typical noir elements. The story involves violence, profanity, and mature themes related to hip-hop feuds and organized crime, but is not gratuitously graphic. It's best suited for older teens interested in detective fiction who can handle crime narratives with moral complexity.

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Investigating the alleged suicide of a hip-hop star, Gunner uncovers a murder Carlton Elbridge, better known as C. E. Digga Jones, was too nice for gangsta rap. When he allegedly shot himself, he had millions in the bank, his face on the cover of Time magazine, and a nation of fanatics to mourn his death. He was found... Investigating the alleged suicide of a hip-hop star, Gunner uncovers a murder Carlton Elbridge, better known as C. E. Digga Jones, was too nice for gangsta rap. When he allegedly shot himself, he had millions in the bank, his face on the cover of Time magazine, and a nation of fanatics to mourn his death. He was found in a locked room, gun in his hand and bullet in his brain, and the police assumed it was suicide. Only the rapper's father thinks otherwise. Suspecting that his son was killed as the result of a hip-hop feud, Carlton's father hires private detective Aaron Gunner to investigate the death. As Gunner tries to juggle the case with security work for a conservative black talk-show host, he learns that for some in the hip-hop world, the thug life is much more than an act.

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  • Fiction
  • Private investigators
  • Aaron Gunner (Fictitious character)
  • California
  • African Americans
  • Fiction, mystery & detective, general
  • African americans, fiction
  • Gunner, aaron (fictitious character), fiction
  • Los angeles (calif.), fiction
  • California, fiction
  • Fiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiled
  • Private investigators, fiction

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ISBN 9781453252963 · Open Road Media

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