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The Lost Treasures of R&B: A D Hunter Mystery
Akashic. Feb. 2015. 187p. ISBN 9781617753411. $24.95; pap. ISBN 9781617753169. $15.95. F
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In his third outing (after The Plot Against Hip Hop) D Hunter, a bodyguard, student of musical history, owner of a security company, and HIV positive, drifts through Brooklyn's Brownsville section. The noble man is feeling his age, finding it difficult to accept young gangbangers wearing droppy jeans and trendy hipsters showing little respect for the changed neighborhood's past. An exchange of stolen guns goes wrong and D hustles his client, rapper Asya Roc, out of the chaos. Later D ponders who set him up and why did they want the guns so badly? A secondary mystery has our protagonist contracted to locate a legendary rare 45 vinyl record of a duet sung by Otis Redding and Diana Ross in the late 1960s. No spoilers here, but once D uncovers the truth, all hell breaks loose.
VERDICT Older readers recalling the golden years of Motown and Hitsville USA will nod in agreement when George (The Hippest Trip in America: Soul Train and the Evolution of Culture and Style) demonstrates his extensive knowledge and admiration of old-school music icons such as Marvin Gaye, Booker T and the MGs, Tammi Terrell, Sam and Dave, and Steve Cropper. Still, this is a fine mystery and D Hunter is as world weary, yet steadfast, as Philip Marlowe, Spenser, Dave Robicheaux, or Easy Rawlins. A definite yes to purchase for both mystery and African American collections.
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