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Simon & Schuster, January 2001
eBook, 208 pages
ISBN-10: 0743211251
ISBN-13: 9780743211253
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Chapter 1
Description
A savvy, wisecracking reporter-sleuth makes big news in this stunning new mystery by Ardella Garland -- the nom de plume for acclaimed bestselling novelist Yolanda Joe.
DETAILS AT 10
Inner-city Chicago: After identifying a drive-by shooter's car on live TV, a young girl named Little Butter disappears. Haunted by her responsibility for the child's fate and heartbroken at seeing her former South Side neighborhood devastated by crime, reporter Georgia Barnett desperately searches for the girl. Butting heads with tough detective Doug Eckart at every turn, Georgia enters dangerous territory where street violence escalates and informers turn up dead. Suddenly, this simple missing-persons case turns into a citywide effort to nab a notorious gang, and Georgia, Doug, and the Channel Eight News crew find themselves struggling to do what's right in a city overcome by racism, fear, and hostility.
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Chapter 1Connie Briscoe
Author of Big Girls Don't Cry
Garland's sizzling dialogue and brisk pace will whisk readers through the streets of Chicago in this well-crafted mystery. A real page-turner.
Black Issues Book Review
Draw[s] readers in with its honest view of the struggles of families and neighborhoods that have been torn apart by drugs and violence. The fast-paced narrative gives readers a feel for the decisions that are made in the newsrooms across America. Details at Ten has both humor and page-turning suspense. This high-powered romantic thriller is one book you won't want to put down.
Chicago Sun-Times
Details at Ten capably asks a question, then gradually answers it with a series of neat plot twists and turns.
Valerie Wilson Wesley
Author of the Tamara Hayle mysteries
Georgia Barnett is a smart, sassy, sexy television reporter who solves baffling crime cases in Chicago. A dynamic new sleuth is on the scene. Details at Ten will capture your attention and your heart.
St. Petersburg Times (FL)
Details at Ten offers a vivid cast of characters.
Tananarive Due
Author of The Living Blood and My Soul to Keep
Ardella Garland makes an impressive debut in Details at Ten, which is smart, realistic, and packs a punch. Her television reporter is the perfect sleuth, giving us refreshing new blood in the mystery/suspense genre.
Ebony
A rapid-fire mystery.
St. Petersburg Times (FL)
Garland gives her characters and plot the credibility of having 'been there, done that.' Reeking of reality.
