The Strivers Row Spy, Jason Overstreet
The Strivers Row Spy, Jason Overstreet
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The Strivers' Row Spy

Author: Jason Overstreet

Narrator: Avery Glymph

Unabridged: 11 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/30/2016

Synopsis

Stunning, suspenseful, and unforgettably evocative, Jason Overstreet's debut novel glitters with the vibrant dreams and dangerous promise of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance, as one man crosses the perilous lines between the law, loyalty, and deadly lies. For college graduate Sidney Temple, the Roaring Twenties bring opportunities even members of his accomplished black bourgeois family couldn't have imagined. His impulsive marriage to independent artist Loretta is a happiness he never thought he'd find. And when he's tapped by J. Edgar Hoover to be the FBI's first African-American agent, he sees a once-in-a-lifetime chance to secure real justice. Instead of providing evidence against Marcus Garvey, prominent head of the "dangerously radical" back-to-Africa movement, Sidney uses his unexpected knack for deception and undercover work to thwart the Bureau's biased investigation. And by giving renowned leader W. E. B. Du Bois insider information, Sidney gambles on change that could mean a fair destiny for all Americans... But the higher Sidney and Loretta climb in Harlem's most influential and glamorous circles, the more dangerous the stakes. An unexpected friendship and a wrenching personal tragedy threaten to shatter Loretta's innocent trust in her husband-and turn his double life into a fast-closing trap. For Sidney, ultimately squeezed between the Bureau and one too many ruthless factions, the price of escape could be heartbreak and betrayal no amount of skill can help him survive.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Carol on September 04, 2016

Jason Overstreet’s debut novel “The Strivers’ Row Spy” has inspired me to do a lot more research on real-life characters who come to life in historical fiction. Rare is the book that opens so many doors and makes me so eager to learn more about a time and place, the movers and shakers and people who......more

Goodreads review by Kim on March 12, 2019

This book had a little-bit of everything going on with it. From action, to intrigue, to drama and I could name so much more. The read was a little long for me and at times boring. I thought that I was reading one of those 1070, plain yuck books at times that was forced on public school children. Don......more

Goodreads review by Nandi on November 27, 2016

I know so much about Marcus Garvey from my parents who hail from the Caribbean and Panama. My mom spoke on how as kids during the 30s, they had the UNIA money and would play with it, call is "funny money". She said the adults wanted very much to return to Africa. Then, my father and uncle spoke abou......more

Goodreads review by Michelle | musingsbymichelle on May 04, 2021

Ah this book is so cool and it's incorporating so much that I learned when I studied the Harlem Renaissance! You have one of the first African Americans in the FBI, but it turns out the reasons the FBI has started to recruit Black men is to spy on prominent figures such as WEB Dubois and Marcus Garv......more

Goodreads review by Donna on July 27, 2021

The premise of this book really sounded intriguing, an early black F.B.I. agent is hired to spy on Marcus Garvey, a black Jamaican who is trying to rally American blacks. He wants to keep the black and white societies separate and thinks blacks can only reach their potential by segregating themselve......more

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