Black and White

Booker is Black. Stoller is white. But that's not the story--not by a long shot. Reading Black And White, you'll be laughing out loud or anxiously holding your breath as the multi-layered mystery unravels before your eyes. Largely written in the first-person, present tense, the immediacy of the action captivates you. Whether fighting prisoners in the jail, or getting shot at in the street, the fascinating narrative propels the reader to a stunning conclusion: black and white; right and wrong; life and death; are just two sides of the same coin. But the drama doesn't stop with the cops on the beat. You experience the political intrigue, not only at the police station, but at city hall. While the story is fiction, the historical references are true, making this thought-provoking book as relevant now as "back in the day." Sometimes the only way to tell the truth is through a work of fiction. If you like the works of Joseph Wambaugh, the HBO series The Wire, or the Bosch saga, you'll love Black And White. Although Black And White is a sequel to False Negatives, both novels stand alone. False Negatives starts with Max Stoller's first day at the academy and follows him through his first year on LAPD. Black And White picks up with his transfer to the downtown jail, and subsequent move to an all-Black division where he teams up with Booker, his academy classmate.