Not Long for This World
245 pages · Released Apr 17, 2012 · Open Road Media
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This is a hard-boiled detective novel set in gang-controlled South Central Los Angeles, featuring a murder investigation and criminal underworld elements. The story centers on themes of redemption and social responsibility, but the setting and subject matter—including gang violence, weapons, and morally complex characters—make it more suitable for older teens and adults. The protagonist's integrity and the book's exploration of systemic issues offer substantive themes, but the gritty content and mature themes require maturity to process.
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A lawyer hires Gunner to help her prove that her gangland client is not a killer Darrel Lovejoy doesn't owe South Central anything. By all accounts, he is lucky to escape this desperate corner of Los Angeles, to go to college and graduate into a well-paid advertising job. But something compels him to return. He dives i... A lawyer hires Gunner to help her prove that her gangland client is not a killer Darrel Lovejoy doesn't owe South Central anything. By all accounts, he is lucky to escape this desperate corner of Los Angeles, to go to college and graduate into a well-paid advertising job. But something compels him to return. He dives into social work, attempting to mediate between the gangs which have brought hell to the streets he grew up on, and he makes slow but steady progress up until the day a shotgun blast cuts him down. After an unusually forthcoming witness swears she saw a car of Imperial Blues kill Lovejoy, the police arrest Blue soldier Toby Mills. Suspecting a frame-up, Toby's lawyer hires private detective Aaron Gunner to vet the woman's story. To find out why South Central's favorite son had to die, Gunner will turn gangland upside down.
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- Fiction
- Private investigators
- Aaron Gunner (Fictitious character)
- African American men
- California, fiction
- Los angeles (calif.), fiction
- Gunner, aaron (fictitious character), fiction
- African americans, fiction
- Fiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiled
- Private investigators, fiction
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ISBN 9781453252949 · Open Road Media