Author Description

Fiction. African American Studies. Picking up where BLACK HEAT, the first installment of the Nina Halligan trilogy -- also available from SPD -- left off, THE BIG MANGO takes the reader to the tropical island-nation of Misericordia. This action mystery novel follows Nina Halligan, Private Investigator, as she deals with popular uprisings, corporate mercenaries, political subversives and a bloody and costly effort to return the island to its people. Norman Kelley is a freelance journalist, author and producer at WBAI (Pacifica Radio) in New York.