Nelson George Books In Order

A D Hunter Mystery Books In Order

  1. The Accidental Hunter (1997)
  2. The Plot Against Hip Hop (2011)
  3. The Lost Treasures of R&B (2015)
  4. To Funk and Die in LA (2017)
  5. The Darkest Hearts (2020)

Novels

  1. Urban Romance (1994)
  2. Seduced (1996)
  3. One Woman Short (2000)
  4. Show & Tell (2001)
  5. Night Work (2003)

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Nelson George Books Overview

The Accidental Hunter

The first assignment is unusual. The second will set D Hunter in urgent pursuit of a mysterious entity that is kidnapping Top Forty hitmakers. Always cloaked in the color black, security specialist D Hunter lives on the periphery of the monied Manhattan nightlife. But he’s the man people come to when they need help without the interference of the NYPD. When a rising singer called Night is kidnapped, music manager Ivy Greenwich hires D Hunter to deliver the ransom. Mission is accomplished, but Greenwich isn’t finished with Hunter. Greenwich has devised a tried and true plan to transform Bridgette Haze’s mega pop star image from the tween bubblegum pop genre to an edgier urban one: bring her to New York City where she can be seen at the right night spots and work with leading hip hop producers. But the recent near tragedy with Night convinces him that she’ll need extra protection. D isn’t really in the bodyguard business anymore, but he needs the money. So he reluctantly agrees, never expecting he’ll need to fight both a surprising sexual attraction to Haze and the determination of one who is seeking revenge for betrayals of the past. Set in the hip hop clubs and shrouded secret hearts of New York City, The Accidental Hunter is a page turning adventure.

Urban Romance

Hip music critic Dwayne Robinson has two main gigs: defending rap’s rightful place in the music industry and scoring as many women as possible. But this smooth talking b boy has yet to try working love into his lingo until ‘buppie’ Danielle Embry slides into and rocks his world.A Connecticut suburbanite, Danielle is as far removed from Dwayne’s Brooklyn ghetto upbringing as it gets. Yet despite this clash, these unlikely lovers are drawn together. While struggling to grind out a harmonious tune amid the grit and glamour of New York City, they soon find themselves confronted with issues that cut deeper than either of them bargained for…
. From the Paperback edition.

Seduced

‘ A smart, funny, and wonderfully resonant novel…
It’s the 1980s, and aspiring songwriter Derek Harper is a man easily Seduced. Not only do the Big Three money, fame, and women keep him running, but Harper falls prey to subtler forms of seduction as well: the ease of rationalizing bad behavior, abdicating responsibility, and keeping the whole world at arm’s length. All these issues are brilliantly interwoven with a behind the scenes look at the music industry, particularly the evolution of rap.’ Los Angeles Times Book Review’Seduced is at its most compelling when author Nelson George delves into the differences between life in the projects and the middle class heaven of St. Albans and how it evolved over thirty years…
. George’s style is, well, seductive, luring the reader into a world that takes in the range of black experience funneled through the music industry.’ St. Petersburg Times’Seduced shows Nelson George at the top of his game doing what he does best: zinging the black music biz. The road chapters alone have enough shrill wit, stabbing satire, and tight accuracy to parallel the life of anyone who’s ever been out there during the Reagan stressed ’80s.’ Houston Chronicle’In Seduced, Nelson keeps it real. This is a sex story, a New York story, and a music biz story rolled into one, starring a humble, beautifully average middle class dreamer, who’s not unlike a male version of a Terry McMillan hero*ine.’ Tour

One Woman Short

There were many women in his past. Will one of them become his future? Rodney Hampton, a thirty three year old L.A. native, is a pro at juggling women. He and his best friend, Timothy Waters Jr., spent many years recklessly scoping out honeys at ski summits, getting acquainted with MBAs at Martha’s Vineyard beach parties, and macking coeds at the Howard homecoming. Yet when Tim gets married, Rodney begins to wonder whether what his ailing mother tells him is true is he really ‘One Woman Short‘? After compiling a list of all his previous lovers, he goes knocking on the doors of three ex girlfriends to see if he may have let true love and matrimony slip away: Belinda Myles, a club promoter; Sabena, a Cedars Sinai nurse/dancer; and Amy Davis, a born again bus dispatcher. The question is: Will anyone in this trio let the man who loved and then left come back into her life?

Show & Tell

A DELICIOUSLY EROTIC TALE ABOUT FOUR PEOPLE ENTANGLED BY LUST, VOYEURISM, AND TECHNOLOGY. Dean Chance is as straight and narrow as a man can be. A segment producer for a popular syndicated talk show, he provides just the right combination of stability and fun for his longtime girlfriend, Millie Jackson. But when the mysterious and sexy Bee Cole struts into his life, unleashing Dean’s kinkier side, he is forced to re evaluate everything in his life. And a freaky love triangle unfolds unexpectedly into an even stranger foursome.

Night Work

‘In New York City, there are at least three times as many doors as people. I work behind those closed doors. I work in darkness even when the light is on. My name is Night and I do Night Work.’ Dark skinned chocolate, sexy and smooth, Night earns his keep by pleasuring rich white women around New York City. But he’s grown weary of this seedy, criminal life. If he could just get someone to sign him to a record deal, he’d willingly say good bye forever to the emotionless sex that is slowly numbing his soul. Just when his dream of becoming an R&B vocalist is about to be realized, Beth Ann, a beautiful supermodel deep in debt to a dangerous drug ring, begs Night to help her move a large quantity of Ecstasy. He reluctantly agrees, but the good deed sinks him deeper into the nightlife he’s been trying so desperately to escape. It also puts him on the radar of the NYPD, and when one of Night’s clients is found murdered the cops are quick to add it all up against him. Now Night must fight the fallout of his past and try to forge a path back to his future, before it takes off without him. A stunning portrait of the unholy intersection of New York’s sexual underground and the entertainment business, this gripping novel will appeal to fans of Chester Himes, Donald Goines, and other noir masters.

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