Episode 127: Novel Features Black Private Investigator in Detroit
LIVES LAID AWAY is Stephen Mack Jones's second novel featuring ex Detroit police detective August Snow. In LIVES LAID AWAY, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are harassing residents of Snow’s neighborhood, Mexicantown. When Snow, who is half black and half Mexican, is asked for help in identifying a young Hispanic woman dredged from the Detroit River, he discovers a trafficking scheme preying on undocumented immigrant women. From there Snow sets out guns a blazing to destroy the trafficking ring with or without the help of government authorities. In our interview, Jones shared how…
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