A review by liberrydude
Fear of the Dark by Gar Anthony Haywood

3.0

Shades of Easy Rawlins. A black Vietnam veteran in South Los Angeles who has left private investigation work behind him and is working as an electrician with his cousin is lured back into the field by a racist killing in an all black bar. Aaron Gunner is a pretty perceptive man but even he is turned around and twisted/persuaded into abandoning his search for the killer and the men who ordered the hit. Aaron has been framed for murder. He’s all about justice even if it means pulling the trigger. An intriguing character.

I enjoyed the writing and the character but the plot was strange with black militancy, terrorism, homophobia, and white supremacy all competing for the motive.