Selected for the Library Services for Youth in Custody 2015 In The
Margins List
One of Library Journal's Best African American Fiction Books of
2014
[A] heart-thumping thriller...K'wan does a masterful job of keeping
readers on their toes right up to the very last page.
--Publishers Weekly
Fans expecting another thug-in-the-street story will be pleasantly
surprised at this rough police procedural.
--Library Journal
K'wan steadily builds to a frantic, movie-worthy climax.
--Entertainment Weekly
Included in Written Magazine's Publisher's Picks:
30-Books-in-90-Days list
Yet another heart-thumping thriller by this Hip Hop author who
delivers.
--Library Services for Youth in Custody
This book features the sublime story and character development that
K'wan is known for.
--Urban Reviews
One of hip-hop fiction's hottest authors.
--King
The legacies of Iceberg Slim and Donald Goines are forever preserved.
--Upscale
Black Lotus is an absolutely riveting read...an edge-of-the-seat
nail-biter...you won't be disappointed.
--Zachary Mule
Well-written at a fast pace...the suspense is cutting edge and cunning.
Even if you are on top of your sleuth game, you will not figure out the
game players or assassin until the end...Hats off to you K'wan.
--Ski-wee's Book Corner
Detective James Wolf earned the nickname Lone Wolf from his inability to
work with a partner. He's a hard cop who doesn't mind bending the rules
to the point of breaking them to make a case, which is why Internal
Affairs is digging in his backyard, looking for buried bones. People are
starting to wonder: Which side of the law is the Lone Wolf really
hunting for? His career hanging on by a thread, he needs a major show of
good faith to keep employed and out of prison. That's when he gets the
call.
From the moment he arrives at the crime scene, Detective Wolf knows that
he's in over his head. He's a narcotics detective, called in to consult
on a homicide, but this is no ordinary homicide--a priest was butchered
and left for dead inside his own church, with the promise of more bodies
to follow. The only lead is the killer's calling card: a black lotus
flower left at the crime scene. Detective Wolf now has the opportunity
to quietly track and stop the Black Lotus before the next victim is
claimed, in exchange for wiping his service record clean.
Accepting this case started as Detective Wolf's attempt to get Internal
Affairs off his back. But when his hunt for the Black Lotus leads him to
a cold case from his past, it becomes personal.
Infamous Books, curated by Albert Prodigy Johnson of the legendary
hip-hop group Mobb Deep, is a revolutionary partnership that pairs the
Infamous Records brand with Brooklyn-based independent publisher Akashic
Books. Infamous Books' mission is to connect readers worldwide to crime
fiction and street lit authors both familiar and new.
