Glenville Lovell
Glenville Lovell is the author of four
novels, several short stories and a number of prize-winning plays. His first
novel Fire in the Canes (Soho Press) was published
in 1995 to wide acclaim, as was his second novel, Song of
Night (Soho Press) published in 1998. Mr. Lovell's noir novel from
Penguin-Putnam, Too Beautiful To Die, published in
2003 and introducing volatile ex-cop Blades Overstreet, garnered praise and
comparisons to some of the most illustrious names in the mystery genre. His
newest novel, Love and Death in Brooklyn (Putnam
Publishing Group) continues the Blades Overstreet saga.
Mr. Lovell won the 2002 Frank Collymore Literary Award for his play
Mango Ripe! Mango Sweet! His plays have been
performed at Carifesta, in Barbados and in the U.S. He toured the globe as a
dancer before he became a writer. He lives in New York
 Love and
Death in Brooklyn
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ISBN: 0399151974
Format: Hardcover, 320pp
Pub. Date: July 2004
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group, The
Blades Overstreet returns in an atmospheric crime novel set in that
mysterious world known as Brooklyn.
Glenville Lovell's first mystery, Too Beautiful to Die, was called a
"page-turner" (New York Daily News) and "stylish entertainment" (Booklist).
Now he's back with a story ripped from today's headlines-a brilliant young
African-American politician gunned down as his career is about to take off.
Ex-cop Blades Overstreet is finally at peace. His case against the NYPD has been
resolved, his estranged wife has come back, and the two of them, along with
Blades's young daughter, have settled into a nice home and a nice life. But
peace is ephemeral on the mean streets of Brooklyn, and when the son of a good
friend and mentor is murdered right before his eyes, Blades knows he won't be
able to rest until the killer is brought to justice.
 Too
Beautiful to Die
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ISBN: 039915048X
Format: Hardcover, 304pp
Pub. Date: June 2003
Publisher: Putnam Adult
A debut mystery by a highly regarded author of literary novels, a gritty
African-American noir with the atmosphere of Dashiell Hammett and the
multicultural appeal of Walter Mosely.
Set in New York, Too Beautiful to Die introduces Blades Overstreet, a
black ex-cop, now at odds with the NYPD over the incident that prompted his
resignation-a buy-and-bust operation gone bad when a white cop "accidentally"
shot and nearly killed him. Now, the man who saved Blades's life prevails upon
him to help a beautiful soap-opera star named Precious find her father. But that
assignment quickly turns sour when Blades stumbles on the murdered body of an
FBI agent, and he becomes the target of an FBI/NYPD manhunt.
Blades Overstreet is destined to become one of the great heroes of crime fiction
and Glenville Lovell a new star of the genre.
 Song of
Night
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ISBN: 1569471223
Format: Hardcover, 256pp
Pub. Date: August 1998
Publisher: Soho Press, Incorporated
Cyan is nicknamed "Night" because she is so dark. Bottom Rock is her village,
just five miles from Bridgetown, the capital of Barbados. Her father is known as
"Steel"; he is a fisherman who teaches his daughter to love the unspoiled beauty
of their island. Her mother, a foreigner from neighboring St. Lucia, is scorned
as an outsider by the villagers. The smart one in the family is her sister, on
whom her mother's ambitions are focused, but it is feisty Cyan who is her
father's favorite. And then her father kills a man in a fit of jealous rage and
Cyan's tranquil life is changed forever.
 Fire in the
Canes: A Novel
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ISBN: 1569470448
Format: Hardcover, 272pp
Pub. Date: September 1995
Publisher: Soho Press, Incorporated
In this enchanting novel, ancestral spirits lead Caribbean villagers
out of the lingering shadow of slavery. In the little village of Monkey Road,
almost everyone works in the cane field; the plantation still owns the land. But
when Peata and her beautiful daughter Midra arrive, mysterious and wonderful
things begin to happen. . . .
Fire in the Canes is an epic tale about murder, betrayal, love and longing, a
unique Caribbean blend of the supernatural and of historic fact. It is the story
of young lovers, parted forever after one magical night, and of a people
overcoming the legacy of slavery and regaining pride in themselves and their
ancestors.
Related Links
Lovell's Official Website
http://www.glenvillelovell.com/
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