Bad Men and Wicked Women, Eric Jerome Dickey
Bad Men and Wicked Women, Eric Jerome Dickey
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Bad Men and Wicked Women

Author: Eric Jerome Dickey

Narrator: Dion Graham

Unabridged: 11 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/17/2018


Synopsis

Affairs of the heart can be lethal in this sensual, action packed novel from New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey.

As a low-level enforcer in Los Angeles, Ken Swift knows danger, but nowhere does he feel it more than in his tangled romances. Divorced from one woman, in love with another, and wrestling with a strong desire to get to know a third, his life is far from perfect, and it becomes all the more complicated when his troubled daughter resurfaces on the same day as a major job. Margaux is pregnant, bitter, and desperate: she needs $50,000 immediately, and she isn't above blackmailing Ken to get it. Yet even as the tension-filled father/daughter reunion escalates into a clashing of wills and desires that spread far beyond their family, Ken's latest contract spirals quickly out of control, and he finds it is not only his daughter looking to seek revenge.

With the strong characters, heart-pounding action, and intense passion he is known for, New York Times bestseller Eric Jerome Dickey lays bare a tale of lust and angst that will leave readers breathless.

About The Author

Eric Jerome Dickey (1961–2021) was the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of twenty-nine novels, as well as a six-issue miniseries of graphic novels featuring Storm (X-Men) and the Black Panther. His novel Sister, Sister was honored as one of Essence’s “50 Most Impactful Black Books of the Last 50 Years,” and A Wanted Woman won the NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Literary Work in 2014. His most recent novels include The BlackbirdsFinding GideonBad Men and Wicked WomenBefore We Were WickedThe Business of Lovers, and The Son of Mr. Suleman.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kelsie on May 09, 2019

I hate reviews with spoilers so you won't read any here. All you'll get is my humble opinion about the quality of this novel. I love Eric Jerome Dickey and Bad Men and Wicked Women lives up to the hype. The characters are on point, as usual. Ken Smith and Jake Ellis are in it up to their eyeballs wi......more

Goodreads review by Lekeisha on April 06, 2018

*3.5 stars* Bad Men and Wicked Women is an entertaining read. Is it my favorite Dickey book? No. I loved it because it was hard to put down, even if I spent a good qtr of it rolling my eyes. I little too much going on with these characters. I absorbed the relevant topics of discussion, I abhorred the......more

Goodreads review by LiteraryMarie on April 17, 2018

Ken Swift is a complicated man: tangled in romance by day, dangerous enforcer by night. Divorced from one woman, in love with another, in lust with a neighbor, and a strong desire to know a fourth woman. He is haunted by old memories that are suddenly in his face. His daughter Margaux appears out of......more

Goodreads review by Angel on May 21, 2018

I really wanted to like this book. I just couldn't get into it. Someone asked what this book was about, I couldn't even explain and I was 70% done. I just wasn't sure where it was going. I think I went into thinking it was going to be like the Gideon series which I absolutely loved. I felt as though......more


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Praise for Bad Men and Wicked Women

“Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction comes to mind as Swift and Ellis cruise through Los Angeles’s wealthy neighborhoods debating issues of racism, inner-city poverty, and the lingering effects of slavery....Suspense builds with an action-packed finale, and Dickey’s many fans will eagerly consume this.”—Library Journal

“Dickey sets in motion a fascinating cast of characters and creates compelling arcs for their stories....Readers will be cheering for the kindhearted Ken and his family in this dark yet ultimately hopeful novel.”—Booklist

“Perennial New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey has done it again.”—Essence

“Eric Jerome Dickey is the best thing going in fiction now in terms of writing stories that blend action with sensuality....Dickey’s penchant for creating fiction that resonates with the forbidden overtakes us—these elements of danger and lust dominating each and every passage. At its best moments, Bad Men and Wicked Women recalls bits and pieces of the famed HBO series The Sopranos as we come to drench ourselves in the types of secrets many families harbor, but seldom share.”—Electric Review 

“Larger-than-life scenarios are near-hallmarks in a Dickey novel, and nobody does them better....Bad Men and Wicked Women is thick with thrills.”—Bookwormsez

More Praise for Eric Jerome Dickey 


“Dickey’s fans flock to his readings....He’s perfected an addictive fictional formula.”—The New York Times

“Dickey has the knack for creating characters who elicit both rage and sympathy.”—Entertainment Weekly

“Eric Jerome Dickey’s work is a master class in Black joy....[his] characters—bold, smart women oozing sexuality and vulnerability—navigate interpersonal conflicts using dialogue that crackles with authenticity.”—The Atlantic