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Dirty Red by Vickie M. Stringer

Dirty Red

A Novel

Vickie M. Stringer

Atria Books · Print & ebook · July 24, 2007

From the “queen of urban fiction” (Publishers Weekly), Vicki Stringer, comes a scorching crime drama of love, lies, loss, and the indomitable spirit of a woman scorned.

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Genres
Black Urban Fiction, Black Romance, Black Mystery
Published
Atria Books, July 24, 2007

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About this book

From the “queen of urban fiction” (Publishers Weekly), Vicki Stringer, comes a scorching crime drama of love, lies, loss, and the indomitable spirit of a woman scorned. Mischievous and manipulative, eighteen-year-old Red is an expert at deception with a provocative femininity. She employs her dirty ways—even faking a pregnancy with her boyfriend—to win a closet full of Gucci bags, a deluxe condominium full of baby accessories, a new car, and a book deal.

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But when one of Red’s scams backfires and she winds up truly pregnant by her inmate ex-boyfriend, Bacon, she finds herself in more trouble than she’s ever known. The drama truly unravels when Red's picture-perfect cons fall apart due to the power of—surprisingly—love.

High-Heat Fiction

Come here for

  • Black urban fiction with a staged, performative edge
  • Author-following curiosity, straight into the mix

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  • Entertainment first
  • Category crossovers: urban, women’s, erotica

Where it sits

Black Urban Fiction76%
Black Romance41%
Black Mystery31%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Erotica
  • Black Women's Fiction
  • Black Urban Fiction
Authors
Vickie M. Stringer
Publisher
Atria Books
Published
July 24, 2007
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Erotica