StreetWhys

“Streetwhys is more noir than any noir has any right to be. Dizzying. Raw. Chambers’ words pop off the page like hot rounds from a Saturday Night Special. Buckle up, buttercup.” –Tracy Clark, Anthony, Sue Grafton, Sara Paretsky and Lefty Award-winning author of the Cass Raines Chicago Mystery and Det. Harriet Foster series High Praise for Previous Books in the Dickie Cornish Series For Scavenger “Dickie Cornish's world is far from most readers' lived experience, and it is his compelling voice and the dialogue of a vast cast of memorable street characters that helps immerse the intrepid armchair traveler in a world that's mostly invisible but just around the corner and down the alley from DC's halls of power.” —Reviewing the Evidence “Novels written from the perspective of homeless substance users don’t come along every day. When they do, it’s a good idea to pay attention...Like Hammett with San Francisco or Chandler with Los Angeles, Chambers’ mystery is as much about Washington as it is about the amoral monsters who prey on ordinary people and the lone gumshoe who takes them on.” —Washington City Paper “Christopher Chambers brings to life not only an unforgettable character but also the gritty DC streets he inhabits. … A deeply realistic noir mystery with a social conscience.” —Hill Rag Magazine For Standalone “In his melding of classic detective fiction with modern day street level scandal Chambers crafts a truly unique and compelling sequel to his best selling book Scavenger and in the process creates a truly unique brand of storytelling.” —Jesse Ventura’s Die First Then Quit “For those who like their crime served up raw, gritty and grimy . . . Comparisons to George Pelecanos, S.A. Cosby and Andrew Vachss and TV shows like The Wire abound.” —Thrilling Detective “Chambers makes the smell and harrowing vibe of the mean streets of the nation’s capital come alive. Readers searching for a grittier version of Joe Ide’s Isaiah Quintabe will find him in Cornish.” —Publishers Weekly