Thomas Mullen – författare

»Återigen visar [Thomas Mullen] på ett lysande sätt hur spänningsromanen kan användas för att skildra samhällsproblem.« Yukiko Duke, Vi läser

Atlanta 1956. Den före detta polisen Tommy Smith tillbringar en sen kväll på redaktionen för USA:s enda dagstidning för svarta. Efter en stunds arbete somnar han men väcks av ett pistolskott. På våningen ovanför har chefredaktören Arthur Bishop mördats. När de vita poliserna kommer till mordplatsen kastar de anklagande blickar på Smith, någon annan finns inte i tidningshuset. För att rentvå sig själv börjar Smith undersöka den story Bishop arbetade med. Han inser snart att chefen var något farligt på spåren.

Samtidigt försöker Smiths före detta kollegor Lucius Boggs och Joe McInnis hitta den skyldige, även om de saknar befogenhet att utreda mord. Runtomkring dem växer spänningarna i takt med att den unge pastorn Martin Luther King skapar stora rubriker.

Thomas Mullen är tillbaka med den tredje delen i sin serie om Boggs och Smith - den här gången präglas staden av Rosa Parks bussprotester och Martin Luther Kings popularitet. Midnight Atlanta är en skrämmande och gripande kriminalroman om bottenlös rasism, djupa orättvisor och motstånd som växer sig allt starkare. Den första boken i serien, Darktown, utsågs till Årets bästa översatta kriminalroman 2018 av Svenska Deckarakademin.

Fler röster om boken

»Intrigens vändningar, de mångbottnade romanfigurerna och framför allt tidsskildringen gör likväl deckaren synnerligen läsvärd.« Dagensbok.com

»"Jag är romanförfattare. Jag påstår inte att jag är historiker", skriver amerikanen Thomas Mullen i efterordet till den tredje delen av sin prisade Darktownserie. Minst sagt ödmjukt, men något som verkligen gör Midnight Atlanta så levande, i likhet med föregående delar, är att det intensiva persongalleriet inte hamnar i skuggan av alla tidstypiska fenomen, utan stärks av dem.« Thomas Jonsson, BTJ

»...återigen visar han på ett lysande sätt hur spänningsromanen kan användas för att skildra samhällsproblem. De tre romanerna - Darktown, Vit eld och Midnight Atlanta - pekar framåt, mot ett nutida USA där poliser kan kväva svarta män till döds på gatan och där en rörelse som Black Lives Matter behövs än idag.« Vi läser

»En tät, intensiv berättelse där historiska personer som Martin Luther King och Rosa Parks finns med. Borde vara obligatorisk läsning på gymnasiet.« Expressen Söndag

Midnight Atlanta is the stunning new novel in the award-nominated, critically acclaimed Darktown series, and sees a newspaper editor murdered against the backdrop of Rosa Parks'' protest and Martin Luther King Jnr''s emergence.Atlanta, 1956.When Arthur Bishop, editor of Atlanta''s leading black newspaper, is killed in his office, cop-turned-journalist Tommy Smith finds himself in the crosshairs of the racist cops he''s been trying to avoid. To clear his name, he needs to learn more about the dangerous story Bishop had been working on. Meanwhile, Smith''s ex-partner Lucius Boggs and white sergeant Joe McInnis - the only white cop in the black precinct - find themselves caught between meddling federal agents, racist detectives, and Communist activists as they try to solve the murder.With a young Rev. Martin Luther King Jnr making headlines of his own, and tensions in the city growing, Boggs and Smith find themselves back on the same side in a hunt for the truth that will put them both at risk.PRAISE FOR THE DARKTOWN SERIES''A brilliant blending of crime, mystery, and American history. Terrific entertainment''Stephen King ''Superb''Ken Follett''Magnificent and shocking''Sunday Times''Written with a ferocious passion that''ll knock the wind out of you''New York Times

"The pace is fast, the body count significant, the loopholes minor. All this tech-enabled police procedural lacks is a Lennie Briscoe zinger at the beginning. Two guns—I mean thumbs—up." –Wall Street JournalA riveting crime novel with a speculative edge about the ways our perceptions of reality can be manipulated. Seven years ago, everyone in the world went blind in a matter of months. Technology helped people adjust to the new normal, creating a device that approximates vision, downloading visual data directly to people’s brains. But what happens when someone finds a way to hack it and change what people see? Homicide detective Mark Owens has been on the force since before The Blinding. When a scientist is murdered, and the only witness insists the killer was blacked out of her vision, Owens doesn’t believe her—until a similar murder happens in front of him. With suspects ranging from tech billionaires to anti-modernity cultists—and with the bodies piling up—Owens must conduct an investigation in which he can’t even trust his own eyes. Thomas Mullen, the acclaimed author of Darktown and The Last Town on Earth, delivers an unputdownable crime novel about one man''s search for truth in a world of surveillance and disinformation that’s all too recognizable.

A determined reporter and a reluctant FBI agent face off against fascist elements in this gripping historical thriller set in World War II-era Boston.Reporter Anne Lemire writes the Rumor Clinic, a newspaper column that disproves the many harmful rumors floating around town, some of them spread by Axis spies and others just gossip mixed with fear and ignorance. Tired of chasing silly rumors about Rosie Riveters'' safety on the job, she wants to write about something bigger.Special Agent Devon Mulvey, one of the few Catholics at the FBI, spends his weekdays preventing industrial sabotage and his Sundays spying on clerics with suspect loyalties—and he spends his evenings wooing the many lonely women whose husbands are off at war.When Anne’s story about Nazi propaganda intersects with Devon’s investigation into the death of a factory worker, the two are led down a dangerous trail of espionage, organized crime, and domestic fascism—one that implicates their own tangled pasts and threatens to engulf the city in violence.With vibrant historical atmosphere and a riveting mystery that illuminates still-timely issues about disinformation and power, Thomas Mullen delivers another powerful thriller.

From the acclaimed author of Darktown comes the most visionary crime novel since Minority Report.''It''s rare to find a thriller with such a fantastic and original concept. I was gripped'' --- Anthony Horowitz

A determined reporter and a reluctant FBI agent face off against fascist elements in this gripping historical thriller set in World War II-era Boston from the multi-award-nominated author.Reporter Anne Lemire writes the Rumor Clinic, a newspaper column that disproves the many harmful rumors floating around town, some of them spread by Axis spies and others just gossip mixed with fear and ignorance. Tired of chasing silly rumors, she wants to write about something bigger. Special Agent Devon Mulvey, one of the few Catholics at the FBI, spends his weekdays preventing industrial sabotage and his Sundays spying on clerics with suspect loyalties - and he spends his evenings wooing the many lonely women whose husbands are off at war. When Anne''s story about Nazi propaganda intersects with Devon''s investigation into the death of a factory worker, the two are led down a dangerous trail of espionage, organized crime, and domestic fascism - one that implicates their own tangled pasts and threatens to engulf the city in violence. With vibrant historical atmosphere and a riveting mystery that illuminates still-timely issues about disinformation and power, Thomas Mullen delivers another powerful thriller.