A Phat Death: A Nina Halligan Mystery »

Norman Kelley has written for Newsday, the Village Voice, The Nation, and New York Press. He is the author of "The Head Negro in Charge Syndrome (Nation Books 2004), and the Nina Halligan mystery series — Black Heat (HarperCollins), The Big Mango (Akashic), and A Phat Death (Akashic). He lives in Brooklyn.

Nina takes the music industry by storm—no music mogul or sinister rap star is left standing.

Publishers Weekly

Nina Halligan takes on the recording industry and black music in Norman Kelly's third outrageous caper (after 2000's The Big Mango) to feature the bad girl PI, A Phat Death: A Nina Halligan Mystery. Once again outspoken social criticism fires the nonstop action. The format, which resembles a CD jewel box (chapters are "tracks"), is particularly distinctive. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.