Fiction - Urban & Street Lit

Completing his celebrated novels-in-stories triptych, begun with Good People and A Better Class of People, Robert Lopez delivers the third installment, The Best People, which follows a man who made the mistake of being born and is trying to make the best of that...

A complex family drama with a Manhattan family court judge at its center. I Don't Know How to Tell You This focuses on Judge Rachel Sugarman and her life both inside and outside the courtroom. Rachel is part of a close Jewish family whose...

Author: King RioISBN-10: 1965448348ISBN-13: 9781965448342Publisher: Lock Down PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/14/2025Pages: 208Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.54lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d

In the fifth installment of this action-filled, gripping urban fiction saga, Joker Red and the crew face new challenges like never before. While doing so, new missions are taken on, opening up another can of worms. Although they have clearance to do things their...

After the tragic shooting of Potential, the entire Clifton family was in disarray. With Potential's fate hanging in the balance, the Clifton family is united in prayer for his survival. Yet, amidst the turmoil, Liz is consumed by a thirst for vengeance, and is...

Growing up in the city of Nashville, where life was extremely plentiful for some, and completely difficult for others, the Clifton's managed to hold it all together by manifesting amongst themselves. The family embraced one of the most powerful emotions of them all... Love....

In Debt with God is an in depth look at the Game - the dope game, the pimp game, the street game. It's the truth story of a young man who ruthlessly ran the streets for twenty years. A young man who was taught...

Crumbs To Bricks is an exciting story of rags to riches that takes place in the inner city slums of Jacksonville, Florida. Confronted with the hardships of poverty and the negative stimulus of his environment, young Goldie teams up with a neighborhood crack fiend...

Hoping for a fresh start, Samone the black sheep of her family, soon learns things are not what she anticipated, and while living with her father, she discovers grave secrets will change her life.Author: S. M. JohnsonISBN-10: 0975945378ISBN-13: 9780975945377Publisher: Augustus Publishing, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2006Pages:...

From the writer whose first novel, Bright Lights, Big City, defined a generation, a collection of twenty-six stories, new and old, that trace the arc of his career for nearly three decades.Author: Jay McInerneyISBN-10: 030738795XISBN-13: 9780307387950Publisher: Knopf Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/06/2010Pages: 416Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.63lbsSize:...

Author: Matt BilleISBN-13: 9798893250381Publisher: Hangar 1 PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/08/2025Pages: 250Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53d

When Kaedon stumbles into the quiet and orderly life of Trenika and her daughter Aryanna, he has no clue of the path that is set for him. But Kaedon is in a dire situation -- he is a wanted man, and at the risk...

Taking its title from the savvy, street-wise slave girl in A Thousand And One Nights, this debut collection from Mosul-born Anoud, celebrates the strongest of women in the toughest of predicaments. From the heroine of the title story, fighting her way out of forced...

Set in contemporary Cardiff, this diverse, pacey, high-concept time-warp crime novella explores themes of violence, ritual and alternative realities, while it seeks to honour the victims of serial killers and challenge the way that some have become part of the tourism industry. A grieving...

Dusman Gonzaga lives in a squalid apartment with a lot of hungry cockroaches. His neighbours, a mix of garbage men, hawkers, witch doctors, fraudsters, wise men and mad men, all think he is insane when he asks them to join his revolt against rent...

As the OG That's All Me crew gets older and wiser they just want healing and peace. But is that possible after years of torment and tragedy? Join them in the FINAL installment of That's All Me: The Beginning to find out if a...

Felisha Ford is looking for excitement in her life, and college seems to be the answer! She's looking forward to the HBCU culture and independence, but falling for basketball star Julian Martelle was the last thing on her mind. *THIS IS A PART 1...

Long stretches in the slammer can make an amateur hustler tapout and call it quits.Not Fool, tho. He's a decorated vet from the original war on drugs. After his recent release from the state pen, he touches back down in his old 'hood with...

Rico da'Don is what they use to call him. Now days they calling him Rico d's Police. He was your average guy, at least from the look of him, but on the inside, he was cold blooded.In 1996, Rico was the man. He was...

Washington, D.C. has never seen rage like that of ShaniQua "NiQue" Watkins. After taking out her entire family she has decided to settle in on being a mother to her newborn daughter, YaSheema Nicole, and soon-to-be wife to her rapper fianc , Ronald "Dread"...

One day Russell J. Smith was sitting in his restaurant, having just laid-off two shifts of workers, and with no business coming through the front door. The bills where due and Russell had to come up with a new plan of action that would...

Edge City, from the author of Low Bite, takes place in an every-noir-city (a thinly veiled portrait of San Francisco's North Beach), and its newest resident is Reno, an angry fledgling just hatched out of prison. Getting out is like a weird dream, and...

Things are heating up with Misha and Tori Carter as they decide the fate of their marriage. Lauren isn't done with married men and will go all out in one extreme attempt to save face. Though her one real love may be standing in...

Mia Evans and Karrine Ray are best friends. They have been through everything together since Jr. High School, and both have grown into womanhood beautifully. Each is pretty successful in her own professional life. Mia is one of the top Executives at Crane Talent...

Options tells the story of Rome, a young man growing up in the hard streets of Detroit. Born to a teenage mother and raised by the streets, he is easily exposed to the criminal activities that played out in his impoverished community. Lured in...

Just as Dr. Aminah Goodwin, a successful college professor and independent spirit, thinks that she has settled into middle age without any foreseeable excitement left in her 10 year marriage, she is far from mistaken. Despite the embellishments of success, her marriage has lacked...

Boss Bitch Rises by Keita B. Star is an average girl just trying to make it. With a sick mother and younger siblings to look after she has a lot on her plate. When her baby brother Cory gets into trouble the entire family...

Synopsis: Brandy was still a firecracker; Lance was still quick tempered and his gentleman side had subsided. Together, they were the modern day Bonnie & Clyde; until tragedy struck. Lance had to figure out how to live without Brandy. Would he be able to...

Brandy is a firecracker, and Lance is a gentleman with a quick temper. Together, they are the modern day Bonnie & Clyde. After breaking up several times in the past, they try their hand at dating again. This time Lance gets another girl pregnant,...

Suge Knight was raised in one of the deadliest neighborhoods in Compton, California. In the culture he was molded in, joining a gang and putting his life on the line for his set was a rite of passage. His inner circle was made up...

There's an up-and-coming crew called Cutthroat that's trying to take over the streets, but they are already taken... Fresh off of doing a 5-year bid for a gun that was found under his seat, Greedy hit the streets on a mission and he wasn't...

One day, you'll realize that there are some people you'll never see again; at least not the same way... Neighbors Lantana Hart and Ralo Thompson are both raised in domestic violence households, but miraculously survive the horrific circumstances when they rely on each other....

Greed, jealousy and power will be the driving force as the cartel boss Carlos De Sosa, attempts to take over what he desires. Minister, a hired assassin will issue torture like never before, black magic and a sadistic torture will appease his dark soul....

Long live the queen Tisha has worked hard to establish her name in the streets of New Jersey. She's paid her dues taking lives and losing those closest to her. Still reeling from the unexpected loss of her right hand, her sister Tosha, she...

Follow one of the most beautiful and desirable women in Chicago as she makes her way through the world of professional athletes. Groupie Chronicles 1 introduces us to Mia Delgado, a feisty and beautiful Black, Dominican and Italian 21 year old who sees nothing...

Have you ever told a lie? Yaya Ramsey dedicated her life to being a good wife. She loved her husband with everything in her, but everything isn't always enough. She'd thought that she'd married the exception. Needless to say, she'd thought wrong. Her husband,...

"Molly, if you love me, kill me, please." - Frankie "Dealer" MachineDirected by Otto Preminger and nominated for three Academy Awards, The Man with the Golden Arm is an impressive 1955 classic film noir drama, based on the novel of the same name by...

After Sincere's mother was killed by a suspect fleeing apprehension, he was adopted by the pursuing officer and his loving wife. She was an Alameda County deputy district attorney with a heart of gold. After losing her to a painful battle with pancreatic cancer,...

Who is the Blade Man and why has this mysterious loner been attacking Mainland Public Transport bus drivers? And who is trying to burn MPT down? The company's president suspects an inside job and orders security officer Casey Holland to launch an internal investigation...

TWO MASTERFUL TALES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES AT HIS FINEST: 666 PHANTASY WAY It is no fantasy!The string of clues to the murders that Holmes and Harry Houdini are tracking are fraught with danger.And the worst clue, and one that could cost them their lives,...

Big Jim was a boss, who demanded loyalty and respect. He didn't know he was a killa until he was hired to kill a man who committed a major crime against someone close to him. The money was made so easily, he fell in...

It gets juicier Thought she was gone, think again Pandora is back with a vengeance and she's got a score to settle. She's coming for what's rightfully hers; her freedom and her money. She enlists the help of Oxy, her jailbird freak. Manipulating her...

"Nikki Turner has truly brought the female hustlers to light. Fellas betta watch out, because the Girls in the Game are taking over "-LaJill Hunt, author of Drama Queen and No More Drama A collection of explosive stories handpicked by the undisputed "queen of...

The Baddest Chick Motto: Your time at the top is short-lived. Enjoy it while you can. Kola, the reigning Queen of New York, has Harlem on lock and is making paper hand over fist. If the stresses of hustling hard weren't enough, the love...

"A high-octane, electric look at Madison Avenue craziness from a pair who've been there and done that."--Publishers Weekly One woman attempts to beat the boys club at their own game in this wickedly funny novel that is both a takedown of the advertising industry...

Grace was a nice ordinary woman with an apartment, a cat, and a nice ordinary boyfriend who was - well - a little clingy. Then Daniel swept into her life and things got exciting until Grace was the one getting sent to the penitentiary...

In the summer of 2018 on the South Side of Chicago, after an unexpected altercation, a young martial artist named Ledarius finds himself in the clutches of the legal system. When he meets and falls in love with a young hip hop dancer named...

Blood is supposed to be thicker than water, but what happens when the person you trust the most becomes your greatest betrayer?In My Sister Betrayed Me, a heartbreaking and gritty tale based on true events, two sisters share an unbreakable bond-or so it seems....

Nodda and Dizzle was like night and day; two brothers from the Uptown area of New Orleans raised in a middle-class family. But as in everything in New Orleans, where poverty is just a stone throw away from the richest. It is a city...

Embark on a journey into the tumultuous world of Skye Wright, where chaos and rock and roll collide, and the line between survival and self-destruction blurs. In the "Rise and Fall of Skye Wright", the first installment of the gripping "Skye Wright Rise and...