Walker, and Disney Channel’s The Lion Guard. He has starred in Sex in the City, Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Two-time Golden Globe nominee and Emmy, Grammy, and seven-time NAACP Image Award recipient Blair Underwood has distinguished himself as an award-winning actor, director, and producer. But when Jackson is found dead in his home, the victim of an apparent suicide, Tennyson can’t resist prying into the football star’s death- especially if it means answering the question that divided a nation: Did T. Tennyson politely turns Jackson down to pursue his acting career and personal life. Jackson to his door, asking for protection when he is threatened with death after acquittal for murder. His reputation brings football superstar T. In the Night of the Heat picks up where Casanegra left off, after Tennyson has solved the murder of rapper Afrodite. 6-city author tour.Award-winning actor and author Blair Underwood rejoins forces with two popular writers to deliver the second installment-now in paperback-in their stunning and provocative Tennyson Hardwick chronicles.įor the first time since their breakout debut, Casanegra, the powerful trio of Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due, and Steven Barnes teams up to bring readers back into the sexy and entertaining world of struggling actor and gigolo-turned-sleuth Tennyson Hardwick. Handsome “Ten” Hardwick has not only a great backstory but a very promising future.

The authors have mixed up a cocktail of exotic elements-the sex for pay industry, the grind and glitz of Hollywood and the rap biz, a smart leavening of black film history-and topped it with a double shot of brutal murder.

To clear his name, Hardwick draws on all of his considerable assets: good looks and charm, a $2.5 million house inherited from a devoted client, martial arts skills (Barnes's stock in trade) and connections on both sides of the law. The next day, she's found dead in a plastic bag with a split skull, and he's a suspect. Tennyson Hardwick-semisuccessful actor, ex-gigolo and incipient sleuth-has the mixed fortune to reconnect with rap superstar Afrodite, a former client, for a night of more than just sex. , etc.) teams up with accomplished authors Due and Barnes to produce a seamlessly entertaining novel.

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