“Thomas Mullen skillfully blends a mystery with an outstanding chronicle of a quickly growing city in the era of Jim Crow and the nascent civil rights movement.”

—Bill Cusumano, Square Books (Oxford, MS)

 “The story of Atlanta’s first black police unit is a suspenseful crime novel of the first order, and it’s one of the most penetrating examinations of pre-Civil-Rights-era Atlanta that I—having grown up here and read and sold books about the city for over a quarter of a century—have ever read.”

—Frank Reiss, A Cappella Books (Atlanta, GA)

 “This taut, edgy, and yes, entertaining book is a vivid reminder of how hard, unjust, and ugly things were.”

—Rick Simonson, Elliott Bay Book Company (Seattle, WA)

 “A moving and unforgettable work about a dark time that is still very relevant to the world of today.”

—Raul Chapa, BookPeople (Austin, TX)