{"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 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Three Rooms Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781941110942\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.00d","brand":"Christopher Chambers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36671570051228,"sku":"9781941110942","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8b268ea1-cba2-40fc-a7f6-27ab36fe39fc.jpg?v=1603925722","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/scavenger-a-mystery-9781941110942","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}