Man Eater: Karma Wears Versace II

by Rod Palmer

A young black woman, Jamila Mosely, is killed, but slain even worse by media coverage that refuses to let her be an innocent victim. Per usual, they air her most questionable photo, and hint at sketchy associations to portray her as a victim to her own devices. Detective Sawyer takes it personal. Sawyer becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth and restoring dignity to the name of a young lady not much older than her daughter Star. And yet there is still the unresolved issues with Chosen, Travis, Duke, and even her struggling marriage to contend; Sawyer has a full plate.

Under the chandelier of a ritzy hotel, she’s on a romantic evening with Darius, but one eye tracks the development of an assassination plot involving Chosen, who is held hostage by international mercenaries forcing her to kill a senator whose political agenda could threaten a corporation’s foothold in American politics. This corporation has its hands in cartel violence in Latin America and the hundreds of missing brown children at the U.S. Mexico border that is possibly linked to billionaire pedophiles here in the U.S.

Just hours before Duke is discovered digesting in the belly of the anaconda, Detective Travis, being the usual fool for love, finds himself harboring a corporate whistle-blower in hopes to leverage a hostage exchange for Chosen – an arrangement that will likely blow up in the face of Atlanta P.D. And this is just the beginning.

Man Eater is first and foremost, entertaining storytelling with a pulse-pounding plot that also, efficiently, pins down the scope of Black Lives Matter – how it is inextricably tied to the media’s denial of black victimhood, mass incarceration, the missing brown children at the Mexican border, and even the global inaction towards genocide in Africa.

193 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 1, 2023

About the author

2023 AAMBC MALE AUTHOR OF THE YEAR, Rod Palmer is the son of a carpenter and a nanny, born in a historic Gullah Geechie community in Charleston, SC. He received his degrees in creative writing and Afro studies at the University of South Carolina before becoming an author, and growing a list of eight published novels and counting. Currently he resides in Europe where he is a dedicated husband and girl-dad, enjoys travel and writing the next novel.


A Pimp In The Pulpit
The Work-Husband Caper
The Harvest
Karma Wears Versace
KWV II: Man Eater
The Waymaker
The Things We Bring To The Table
Della: The Ballerina And The Billionaire

Reviews

[Crystal Lenore · Rating 5 out of 5]

Each book I've read is better then the previous one.

I'm a big fan of the detective, (especially badass females), mystery genre.

It's very refreshing that Detective Sawyer along with being fearless on the job, is a dedicated, happily married woman. Not to mention a proud and loving mother and positive role model to two daughters.

All three roles balance out her life very well.

[Benita Cleaves · Rating 5 out of 5]

Karma!

This is a good one. It reads like it could be non-fiction.. Corrupt police, corporations, prison system. Loved the characters.

[Hope Thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

If You Read Book 1, You you Silk enjoy book 2

This book has you hooked from beginning to end, especially if you read book 1. I love how this is more than entertaining, but deals with real issues like human trafficking and genocide. I highly recommend both books.

[Agnes Greene · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved This Series!

I do hope that there's a book three! Never saw all of the drama coming, especially after the first book. The ending was quite ingenius, so here's that review. I'm a fan!