The Lost Treasures of RB, Nelson George
The Lost Treasures of RB, Nelson George
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The Lost Treasures of R&B

Author: Nelson George

Narrator: Nicole Small

Unabridged: 5 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/03/2015

Synopsis

Professional bodyguard D Hunter takes a gig protecting rapper Asya Roc at an underground fight club in poverty-stricken Brownsville, Brooklyn. Unknown to D, the rapper has arranged to purchase illegal guns at the event. An acquaintance of D's from the streets, Ice, turns out to be the courier.During the exchange a robbery is attempted, and Ice is wounded. D gets Asya Roc to safety but, now in possession of the illicit merchandise, finds himself being chased by two gunmen. When D and his pursuers run into a corrupt detective, a bloody shootout ensues.D, who has just moved back to Brooklyn after decades in Manhattan, finds himself involved in multiple mysteries. Who were the gunmen? Why were they after the guns? Who was being set up—Asya Roc or Ice? Meanwhile, he gets a much-needed paying assignment to track down the rarest soul music single ever recorded.With gentrifying Brooklyn as the backdrop, D works to unravel various mysteries—both criminal and musical—while coming to terms with the failure of his security company and the ghosts of his childhood in "old Brooklyn." Like its predecessors The Accidental Hunter and The Plot against Hip Hop, The Lost Treasures of R&B uses pop music as the backdrop for a noir-flavored big-city tale.

About Nelson George

Nelson George is an author and filmmaker who specializes in documenting and celebrating African American culture. He has written several classic black music histories, including Where Did Our Love Go?, The Death of Rhythm & Blues, and Hip Hop America. George also coedited The James Brown Reader and has contributed major articles on the films Pariah, The Help, and 12 Years a Slave to the New York Times. He directed the HBO film Life Support and the VH1 documentary Finding the Funk.

About Nicole Small

Nicole Small (a.k.a. Shayna Small) is an actress/singer born and raised in Chicago. In the middle of her freshman year of high school she relocated to Baltimore to attend a performing arts school. She holds a BFA in drama at the Juilliard School. Her theater credits include Hurt Village and The Threepenny Opera.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Andre on August 03, 2016

A light and enjoyable read. Will have to go back and read the other books in the series.......more

Goodreads review by Kris on July 18, 2015

Loved, loved loved this book!!! I want to get the other books in the series as soon as possible although each book can be read as a stand alone novel because the author gives enough details about the previous stories and how they link to this book. This is a detective story but it is also much more......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on December 16, 2015

**I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads.** First things first: This is a review from a person stepping randomly into a series. I was totally sucked in with the storytelling aspect of this book, but came up lacking with the mystery portion. It was like the book was more focused on......more

Goodreads review by Trina on January 12, 2015

Goodreads win. Will read and review once received. An amazingly written book that had me turning the page nonstop. I was surprised I fell in love with this book. But I am happy I got to read this book and add it to my ever growing book collection. This was a book that was written well and the author......more

Goodreads review by Lsilberman on April 28, 2016

This is a black detective story in every way--the author and most of the main characters are black, and it's set in traditionally-black neighborhoods of Brooklyn. D Hunter, the detective, even *dresses* in black. Good story (though maybe a tad convoluted), even for an old white reader like me. The go......more

Quotes

“Nelson George’s smooth security guard turned detective, a.k.a. D, scours a demimonde as glamorous as Chandler’s Los Angeles…D Hunter is destined to become a classic.” Mary Karr, New York Times bestselling author

“A fine mystery, and D Hunter is as world weary, yet steadfast, as Philip Marlowe, Spenser, Dave Robicheaux, or Easy Rawlins.” Library Journal (starred review)

“George’s lively third D Hunter mystery takes bodyguard and musical-history authority D back to Brooklyn, where he grew up, after his Manhattan security company fails…George covers a lot of ground with style: the rhythm-and-blues music scene past and present, the sometimes startling evolution of Brooklyn and its environs, and the multitude of hangers-on, wannabes, and grifters who want a piece of the action.” Publishers Weekly

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