CRIME FILE
Atlanta-based author Thomas Mullen’s debut,The Last Town on Earth received the 2007 James Fenimore Cooper Prize for Historical Fiction. It was also recognised by USA Today as the Best Debut Novel among many other prestigious awards. Now Thomas has published Lightning Men (Abacus), following the exploits of white Atlanta police officer Denny Rakestraw and his black counterparts, Lucius Biggs and Tommy Smith, in a racially segregated and culturally divided 1950s city.