Cool Machine Author Surname:Whitehead And before the weekend is

And before the weekend is through

they begin to discover that true evil wears a human face

The trees of Japan are wondrous emblems of beauty that cast a spell on those who venture to its unique landscape

Back in the US

The fourteen stories in this collection all look to where good (crime) fiction has always looked: toward lesser-known settings and living situations

Cool Machine Author Surname:Whitehead And before the weekend is1981. New York City is beginning to emerge from financial ruin and decline, energized by rampant real estate development and a Wall Street unchained by Reagan era predatory capitalism. Up in Harlem, successful business owner master fence Ray Carney has just been named Sterling Furniture's Dealer of the Month. When the banks won't give his beloved wife, Elizabeth, a loan for her new travel agency, however, Carney gambles on one last heist, and finds