Crime Partners (2)

Crime Partners By: Donald Goines Read 3/11/15 Donald Goines was a Black writer born in Detroit. His novels are all gritty stories of life on the street, drugs, pimps, guns, murder. This book is no exception, follows 2 stickup men as they try to make the big score. Along the way they hook up with a man named Kenyatta who is trying to clean up the streets by killing off drug dealers and racist cops. They are not dedicated to the cause, but like the money involved. Also loosely follows two cops that are trying to solve the murders. Like most of his books this is a quick read, but enjoyable. His style reminds me of Elmore Leonard, lots of street slang, and it is more about the characters than the end result of the story. This was actually the first of four Kenyatta novels. Turns out Goines wrote more books that I realized in his short life. Goines personal life seems to rival his novels, and he was murdered at age 37). Going to try to find some more of his books, although they seem to be hard to comes across.