Street & urban fiction Books

This early work by Arthur Conan Doyle was originally published in 1892 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1859. It was between 1876 and 1881, while studying...

Strickland a B-Boy from the Southside of Chicago grew up in the 80's and 90's during the golden era of Hip-Hop; rhyming and battling on the Chi-Town streets prepared him to take over what would become a billion dollar industry. During the late 90's...

What do you do when the system you've sworn to serve and protect marks you for death? Jamal, D-Ball and Andre are back for an EXPLOSIVE spin-off to the A Thug's Redemption series, only this time, one of them is not making it out alive! Jamal was positive...

In this final chapter in James Earl Hardy's groundbreaking B-Boy Blues series, Mitchell "Little Bit" Crawford and Raheim "Pooquie" Rivers are all grown up. Mitchell is a stay-at-home dad renovating his dream house, writing, and raising his godson and...

Jessica Smith daughter of Elder Jeremiah and Deaconess Justine Smith who is highly respected within the spiritual community. Although Jessica is her own person with her own identify she is still looked upon different due to the status of her parents...

In the heart of Nashville, Tennessee, rookie attorney Lori Tolliver finds herself entangled in a high-stakes murder case when she takes on the defense of wealthy businessman John Parker. With the help of her resourceful brother, Shaun, recently released...

Growing up in Carson Homes, one of the most ruthless hoods on the eastside of San Antonio, Peanut has seen it all. Although, Peanut is determined to never follow in his old man's ruthlessness, the streets keep calling his name. Before his old man was...

Rednose knows that the ten years he did in prison has put him ahead of the average street punk. However, he doesn't realize how much things have changed in his city. Back then, he was well-known and respected on every side of town. These days, nobody...

Laney was dealt a tough stack of cards early in life. Her pain had made her very strong by the time she met Static, but he is the one that puts her in position and makes her a made woman. Laney digests all the jewels Static drops on her and moves to...

Malachi Williams and Garcia Blanka may have taught Nikki Gunz how to be an apex predator, but now the student has surpassed the masters. Nikki lives by one rule and one rule only --- if you don't stand on loyalty you die --- as she leads the new cartel...

Parade has loved Jay her whole life but when he makes a big bet, which yields zero benefits, their picture perfect family begins to crumble. Feeling partially responsible for a tragic event that makes the trauma to the Hernandez Family worse, Parade...

When Akuma, a youthful African government secondary school teacher, leaves his hometown and goes to the capital city, he hardly knows that he will be paralyzed and will not be able to use his legs again. The Journey's End is a character-driven narrative...

When rock’s former biggest rebel loses everything, he’s forced to call in favors from all the rock star royalty whom he’d burned his entire career.With a trashed comeback tour, creditors on his ass, no record deal, a health issue he...

Jerilyn desperately wants a better life for her family, but with her mother locked up and her unpredictable sister, she finds that she is always in an uphill battle. Finally, she gets a little break, but her baby daddy and his criminal ways are...

Return to hometown guru Taye has fame, fortune, and family. Still, it's not enough.Taye has it all. He had traded the ghettos of Bankhead Atlanta for the glistening streets of opportunity in LA. From there, he had made his fortune, met his lovely...

Churchill is no ordinary hero. Raised in the slums, he's seen the worst of what life can offer, but his spirit is unbreakable. As he's thrust into a world of wealth and corruption, he must navigate a labyrinth of danger to uncover the truth. Will his...

Former ombudsman, Emily O Reilly, characterised contemporary Ireland in terms of a 'vulgar fest' of 'rampant, unrestrained drunkenness' and 'brutal, random violence'. Requiem for a City is a sometimes outrageous and sometimes hilarious take on such an...

Atlanta doesn’t have room for both an incomparable serial killer and the phenomenal homicide detective, Aisha Sawyer. The showdown is set with the killer’s first feat: murder by viral disease, contaminating a hip hop icon and a med student...

This is unlike any other story you have ever heard before. From the come up in the beginning to the mind-blowing ordeal that’s revealed at the end. Follow me as I paint the picture of one of the greatest and youngest street pharmacist of our...

Liz desires to be married, but she chose a man just like her father who lied, cheated and ultimately left his family. After a year of wishing her ex-boyfriend and father of her son would come back, Liz is devastated to learn he is engaged. Despite the...

Mye knows how to love herself and exactly how she wants to be loved. The question remains, can Emerson love her that way? A love affair 25 years in the making. Now the two can be one and collectively make three, but is the time right? With...

Winner of the 2020 Next Generation Indie Book Awards"[A]n amazing job of storytelling while integrating several of today's hard-to-discuss topics . . . [N]ot for the faint of heart."--San Francisco Book ReviewThe winner of the prestigious 2020 Next...

In this second installment, Lillian "Lily" Haynes learns how getting your lick back can have its downfalls. Running away from home at a young age, Lily found out just how real the streets can be. Even extchiencing how trusting the wrong person leads to...

This book is about a unique journey which a Bank note travels while it goes into different hands, one after another. Although the episodes are all imaginary, every attempt has been diligently taken by the writer that the reality never supersedes. With...

After avenging his homeboy's shooting, MARQUAN is given a ten-year sentence on a murder charge. Locked up, he takes the time to reflect on his life and the decisions that have put him in unfortunate circumstances.Coming to the conclusion that he must...

The assassination of KING RICH leaves BABY BOY in a position of power. His first order of business as the head of his father's empire is to recover the shipment of drugs that were hijacked. Will Baby Boy discover that the culprits of that betrayal are...

Having discovered that the love of her life, KREON, has a mental illness, ODETTE, realizes that it will take all that they have if they're going to defeat the odds and sustain a relationship. Things become even more hectic for the couple when Odette's...

KING RICH has the juice on the streets. His name resonates with power, respect, and fear. But will he have the same credentials when he finds himself behind bars, surrounded by wolves who want his head? LATRELL, THE DOPE MAN'S BODYGUARD, is just as...

Vowing to honor an impossible promise, Simeon Carver, a black man falsely damned to a hellish fate, emerges from Fort Leavenworth Penitentiary into the company of the Secretary of State's daughter, Nadine Porter, the very woman who, while suffering from...

An anthology of short fiction themed around Birmingham  written by authors attending the Author City 2023 event at the Council House Birmingham on 15th July 2023. Stories by Lee Benson, Jill Griffin, TG Campbell, Andrew Sparke, Pat Spence, Dawn...

Caught between two worlds…yet never fully belonging to either Half-vampire, Dani has lived her life bordering between two worlds. Trained by her Native American vampire father, she hunts rogue vampires that don't obey the law of consent on...

„In den großen Städten gehen die Menschen fremd aneinander vorüber, und nur der Neuangekommene hat ein gewisses Interesse für alles und für alle, denen er begegnet. Wir interessieren uns nur für die Menschen, die wir kennen, und wenn wir draußen auf dem...

Aus dem Buch: "Es macht den Eindruck, als wollte unser Direktor, der in Leid ergraute Komödiant, die Ritterstiefel anziehen. Aus Spielplanverzweiflung hat er eine alte Posse neu inszeniert und das ist schon fast ein Akt der Notwehr. Sein Theater,...

Paul Scheerbart (1863-1915), auch unter seinen Pseudonymen Kuno Küfer und Bruno Küfer bekannt, war ein deutscher Schriftsteller phantastischer Literatur und Zeichner. Aus dem Buch: „Die unzähligen Farben des Sonnenuntergangs spiegelten sich auf dem...

While on the run for mistakenly killing two federal agents, Khafre loses his mother to suicide. With no time to stop and grieve, he leaves his baby girl in the arms of his newfound love, while his son is fighting for his life in I.C.U. Attempting to...

DR. E.J. MORRIS, is a well respected psychologist. After being suspended from his previous job, he decides to go back to practicing in the basement of his home.When a bombing hits close to home, he is asked to consult his wife Chief Sharon Stone, and the...

While his lover and partner in crime China sits behind bars. Street hustler Smooth is doing his best to keep a grip on their criminal empire. Pushing three times as much product and doing twice as many jobs. In hopes of maintaining something for his...

The Teflon Queen is back and better than ever. Angela and her team is sent across the country to capture a agent that's went rogue and a terrorist that goes by the name, The Lion. The Lion and his organization have a master plan to bring America down to...

A picture perfect landscape, where dreams come to die...Meet Kara, a young detective on a dubious mission to locate the person that assassinated her father when she was a child. No child should witness a parent violently murdered before their eyes. This...

Joe grew up in an infested project in the urban, ghetto of Bronx, New York with a prostituted crack-head mother and a father he never knew. He had to grow up fast, facing the fact of what people thought about what a thug is, and the fact of his mother...

After dispatching the Bonnie & Clyde robbing duo that hit his spot, LAFAYETTE is left to deal with a lengthy prison sentence and hired killas behind the wall. With nowhere to run or hide, Lafayette realizes that his back is against the wall. His only...

Lafayette made a move on his rise to power that comes back to haunt him. His mistake puts him at odds with one of the most dangerous drug cartels south of the border. If he doesn’t give them what they want then he and everyone he loves will be...