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02414aam a22003738i 4500 001 6B465100300611EDA406B4E81FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220909010236 008 190326s2019 nyu 000 f eng d 020 $a 1601629443 020 $a 9781601629449 035 $a (OCoLC)1104035050 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $e rda $c UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d ON8 $d OCLCQ $d OCL $d UNITY $d OCLCO $d KAY $d SILO 043 $a n-us-ga 082 04 $a 813.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Weber, Carl, $d 1964- $e author. $9 818889 245 10 $a Grand opening 2 / $c Carl Weber & La Jill Hunt. 264 1 $a New York : $b Urban, $c 2019. 300 $a 282 pages ; $c 23 cm 490 1 $a A family business novel 520 $a The year is 1978, the Duncan brothers and their tough-as-nails women have vanquished their rivals and taken their place as the leaders of waycross, Georgia's criminal enterprises. However, their rise to power has not gone unnoticed, and the family is rocked with their mother, Ms. Bettie, is kidnapped and her body is found in a swamp. No one knows who the killers are, but instead of drawing closer, the family is split when their grief-stricken leader, LC, is offered membership in the South's most powerful black organization, the Council. Membership has its privileges, but they do not include his brothers. LC packs up his growing family and moves to Atlanta to open his first car dealership. Unable to deal with his mother's death, Lou Duncan searches for her killers with the help of an unlikely ally - LC's ex-fianceÌe. Her presence may cost him his relationship with his brothers, but Lou is resigned to that fact because Donna's help is instrumental in finding Ms. Bettie's abductors. What he will son learn is that his search for the truth will also lead him to discover a long-buried Duncan family secret. 650 0 $a African Americans $v Fiction. $9 198697 650 0 $a Organized crime $v Fiction. $9 211186 650 0 $a Family secrets $v Fiction. $9 389999 650 0 $a Murder $x Investigation $v Fiction. $9 263322 651 0 $a Atlanta (Ga.) $v Fiction. $9 211306 655 7 $a Urban fiction. $2 lcgft $9 539286 700 1 $a Hunt, La Jill, $e author. $9 531314 800 1 $a Weber, Carl, $d 1964- $t Family business novel. 941 $a 2 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20240125011035.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909063159.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6B465100300611EDA406B4E81FECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b KAYInitiate Another SILO Locator Search