James Darby

The alternative James Darby

It's 1968 and the heat is on in Houston, Texas - Americans experience massive war protests, counter-culture radicals, an emerging drug culture, and shocking assassinations. Suddenly, a series of contradictory murders break out in the Bayou City -- Political Assassinations? A liberal underground newspaper, the alternative, its staff and publisher, Michelle Graves, find themselves entangled with a young, Hispanic police detective who is determined to elicit their help in finding the assassins and stop the killing. But how can left-wing journalists compromise their position to aid "The Man?" Amid political contradictions and controversy, the assassins must be stopped.----This is the second novel by author James Darby, both placed in the late 1960's, in Houston, Texas. The author's first book, Jack's Blues, tells the story of a young photographer swept up in the corrupt world of the music recording business. He finds himself amid the crooked music producers and success-crazed recording artists fighting for a break in a corrupt system.