A review by zmull
Lightning Men by Thomas Mullen

4.0

Darktown was a promising start to what could become a very interesting series. Lightning Men is a step up from that. Technically, these are crime novels with plenty of thriller beats and twists, but in ambition Mullen is going for something bigger. These novels could be a fictional take on the history of Atlanta in the same way that the Wire was a fictional take on Baltimore in the 1990-2000s. Think Walter Mosley meets David Simon. Recommended.