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It's 1959, and Judy Cooper, the Black Stiletto, sets out to confront a dangerous gangster known as the heroin king of Harlem when the teenage daughter of her beloved martial arts instructor ends up a prisoner in an uptown narcotics den. The Stiletto has troubles of her own- a shady filmmaker is threatening to reveal her identity to the world- a close friend of her landlord and substitute father may be in cahoots with the Harlem criminals- she's fighting for racial equality- and she has fallen in love again- this time with an FBI agent who has standing orders to arrest her. Meanwhile the Stiletto's son faces his own blackmail crisis when he finds out that there is a second copy of an 8mm film he found in his mother's strongbox - showing the Black Stiletto unmasked in a film studio dressing room.
About the Author
Raymond Benson is the author of nearly forty published titles. These include his newest suspense novel, IN THE HUSH OF THE NIGHT (May 2018) , THE SECRETS ON CHICORY LANE (October 2017) , and the BLACK STILETTO serial (www.theblackstiletto.net) featuring a 1950s costumed female vigilante: THE BLACK STILETTO (2011) ; THE BLACK STILETTO: BLACK & WHITE (2012) ; THE BLACK STILETTO: STARS & STRIPES (2013) ; THE BLACK STILETTO: SECRETS & LIES (2014) ; and the finale, THE BLACK STILETTO: ENDINGS & BEGINNINGS (2014) . He also wrote six original JAMES BOND novels (now collected in the recent anthologies THE UNION TRILOGY and CHOICE OF WEAPONS and available separately as Kindle books) . His backlist of original thrillers are available as Kindle books: EVIL HOURS, FACE BLIND, TORMENT--A LOVE STORY, ARTIFACT OF EVIL, and others. A collection of short stores, 12 1--TWELVE SHORT THRILLERS AND A PLAY, was published in 2015. His classic reference book from 1984, THE JAMES BOND BEDSIDE COMPANION, is now a revised Kindle book. Raymond is also a prolific tie-in writer: he penned three James Bond film novelizations, the first two best-selling TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL novels (for the latter he used the pseudonym of "David Michaels") , and with John Milius he wrote HOMEFRONT: THE VOICE OF FREEDOM. He also produced novelizations of other popular videogames--METAL GEAR SOLID and METAL GEAR SOLID 2: SONS OF LIBERTY, HITMAN (HITMAN: DAMNATION, and DYING LIGHT (DYING LIGHT--NIGHTMARE ROW) . There's a lot more, so if you want the full story visit the author at his website... www.raymondbenson.com!
