Essence best-selling author Victor McGlothin's knack for crafting superb noir fiction was showcased in the Black Expressions' selection Borrow Trouble. With this sensational novel, McGlothin brings back notorious hustler Baltimore Floyd for more seamy intrigue. In 1947 St. Louis, Ms. Etta's is the place where a sinner can get all the boozy action he craves-that is until ladies' man Baltimore Floyd rolls into town and falls in the sack with the wrong woman.
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“Victor McGlothin weaves a sophisticated, sexy story set in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1947…However, Knight gives each character a unique vocalization, so distinct that you forget no one speaks above the alto range. A remarkable ensemble populates this work, each one enhanced by Ezra Knight.”
— AudioFile
“Vivid storytelling rooted in history ultimately makes this one a winner, which includes looks at the men who first integrated the city’s police force and incoming interns at the historically black Homer G. Phillips Hospital.
— Booklist" My 2nd Victor McGlothin book, this one was just okay for me. I give it 2 stars..... "
— Linda, 2/25/2013" This book was amazing as it takes place in the 1940s but it keeps you on a roller coaster ride! "
— Blair, 5/9/2010Shari Peele is an audiobook narrator whose readings include In the Doctor’s Bed by Brenda Jackson, Man Enough for Me by Rhonda Bowen, When I Get Where I’m Going by Cheryl Robinson, and Give Me Fever by Niobia Bryant.
Ezra Knight has appeared in Law & Order and many national commercials, including those for Bank of America and Excedrin. He also has extensive stage experience, which earned him a Helen Hayes Award nomination for his role in Rita Dove’s The Darker Face of the Earth.