{"product_id":"scavenger-a-mystery-9781941110942","title":"Scavenger: A Mystery","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the lively, but desperate world of D.C.'s underbelly, a Black homeless man must quickly learn the ropes of being a detective after a wealthy ex-government official sets him up to take the fall for a brutal crime he didn't commit.\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Chambers, author of \u003ci\u003eA Prayer for Deliverance\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSympathy for the Devil\u003c\/i\u003e (NAACP Image Award nominee) brings a 21st-century take on hardboiled noir tales in \u003cb\u003eSCAVENGER\u003c\/b\u003e, a gripping thriller underscored by themes of race, homelessness, hustling, and the savagery--and salvation--of the human psyche. The novel centers on Dickie Cornish, a Black streetwise survivor living in a homeless camp near D.C.'s Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Framed for the murder of two of his closest friends and facing life in prison, Dickie crosses paths with wealthy ex-Homeland Security Secretary, Jamie Bracht. Bracht offers him a chance at a new life if Dickie can navigate an underground world to uncover a prize Bracht will stop at nothing to acquire. \u003cbr\u003e As Dickie searches, \u003cb\u003eSCAVENGER\u003c\/b\u003e tracks its way through an underground population of Washington, D.C., where hustlers, drug addicts, homeless, and undocumented immigrants jostle for crumbs while trying to survive. Chambers paints a portrait of D.C. from the ground up, with back-alley streetscapes, gentrification clashes, and unexpected encounters between politicians and bottom-rung natives--all set against a soundscape of patois, street Spanish, and D.C. slang. A hopeless amateur detective at first, Dickie quickly learns the ropes of being a sleuth in a cat-and-mouse game of greed, deceit, double-crossing, and murder. As \u003ci\u003eWashington City Paper\u003c\/i\u003e notes: \u003cb\u003eLike Hammett with San Francisco or Chandler with Los Angeles, Chambers' mystery is as much about Washington as it is about the amoral monsters who prey on ordinary people and the lone gumshoe who takes them on.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11107054\"\u003eChristopher Chambers\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Three Rooms Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781941110942\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1941110940\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC049050\"\u003eAfrican American \u0026amp; Black | Mystery \u0026amp; Detective\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC049070\"\u003eAfrican American \u0026amp; Black | Urban \u0026amp; Street Lit\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC022010\"\u003eMystery \u0026amp; Detective | Hard-Boiled\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChristopher Chambers is a professor of media studies, as well as a novelist published through Random House, MacMillan and Three Rooms Press. His novels include \u003ci\u003eA Prayer for Deliverance\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSympathy for the Devil\u003c\/i\u003e, the graphic anthology (with Gary Phillips) \u003ci\u003eThe Darker Mask\u003c\/i\u003e, and PEN\/Malamud-nominated story, \"Leviathan.\" His short stories have been included in the Anthony award-winning anthology \u003ci\u003eThe Obama Inheritance\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Faking of the President\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlack Pulp 2\u003c\/i\u003e. Professor Chambers is a regular commentator\/contributor on media and culture issues on SiriusXM Radio, ABC News, and HuffPost. He resides in Washington, D.C. with his family and German Shepherd, Max.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Three Rooms Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42682096189677,"sku":"9781941110942","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_e0fde8dc-afb0-41f6-aef7-5bfa6631d49b.jpg?v=1649715731","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/scavenger-a-mystery-9781941110942","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}