num_pages: 160
description: A sniper appears in 1960s New Orleans, a sun-baked city of Black Panthers and other separatists. Five people have been fatally shot. When the sixth victim is killed, Lew Griffin is standing beside her. He's black and she's white, and though they are virtual strangers, it is left to Griffin to avenge her death, or at least to try and make some sense of it. His unlikely allies include a crusading black journalist, a longtime supplier of mercenary arms and troops, and bail bondsman Frankie DeNoux. Yet it is the character of Lew Griffin that takes center stage, as in each of Sallis's highly praised books. He is by now, well on the way to becoming what he will be; violent, kind, contradictory, alcoholic. Both naïve and wise, he is a man cursed by unspeakable demons. Nonetheless, he is seemingly encircled by redemptive angels, awaiting an opening.
language: English
title: Black Hornet
titlecomplete: Black Hornet (Lew Griffin, #3)
genres: Hard Boiled, Noir, Mystery, Fiction, Detective, Historical Fiction, Crime, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 379
places: New Orleans, Louisiana
series: Lew Griffin
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: CWA Silver Dagger
publisher: Walker Books