23 Shades Of Black: A Filomena Buscarsela Mystery

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By turns hilarious and gritty, 23 Shades of Black is a kick-ass cop novel with a Latina heroine struggling against the odds.Taking place in New York City in the early 1980s and partly written in response to the reactionary discourse of the time, 23 Shades of Black is not a political tract but an astounding novel that was nominated for the Edgar and the Anthony Awards, and made Booklist's Best First Mysteries of the Year. With episodes set in the punk rock scene of the time, the focal murder case turns into an investigation of corporate environmental crime from a working class view.

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"Packed with enough mayhem and atmosphere for two novels."
--Booklist

"From page-turning thriller to mystery story to social investigation, 23 Shades of Black works on all levels. It's clear from the start that Wishnia is charting a unique path in crime fiction. Sign me up for the full ride!"
--Michael Connelly, author of Lost Light

"Wishnia cuts a different path with his stories and novels, choosing subjects, settings, and characters of a sort the reader is unlikely to encounter in the mainstream of mystery and crime fiction. His fine sensibility and skillful prose will appeal to discriminating readers."
--Janet Hutchings, editor of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine

"With her sharp tongue, quick mind, and stubborn will, Filomena Buscarseal is the ultimate New Yorker: a cop, a woman, an immigrant who has made the city her own."
--Linda Landrigan, editor of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine

"Ken Wishnia's Filomena Buscarsela is one hell of a woman fighting the good fight in politicized bad-to-the-bone stories where the point is not merely to interpret the world, but to change it... one goddamn block at a time."
--Gary Phillips, author of Monkology

Author Bio

Ken Wishnia is an associate professor of English at Suffolk Community College. He is the author of Blood Lake, The Fifth Servant, The Glass Factory, Red House, and Soft Money. He lives in New York City. Barbara D'Amato is an author and a recipient of the Carl Sandburg Award for fiction and the Mary Higgins Clark Award and the two-time recipient of the Anthony Award and the Agatha Award. She is a past president of Mystery Writers of America and of Sisters in Crime International. She lives in Chicago.