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The White House

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"The White House is a fast-paced thriller that doesn't disappoint."
Urban Reviews
"White House by JaQuavis Coleman starts with a bang and will leave you wanting more."
Book Referees
"Kidnapping, murder, and mayhem lead [Draya]—and the reader—through a harrowing and twisting plot to an explosive ending that no one sees coming."
Reading in Black & White
"The White House is one of my most personal books ever. I took from a real-life situation and told a story that has been Detroit's secret for years. I'm bringing that to the forefront with my own twist. This venture with Infamous and Akashic feels right...It feels good. They are very in tune with my culture and style of writing which makes this a perfect situation for me."
JaQuavis Coleman on The White House
The White House is based on true events, reimagining the dark chronicles of a notorious drug kingpin's death, and the unfortunate events that followed.
The young heroine Draya lives paycheck to paycheck, laboring as a maid in a luxurious white house. One day, in the course of performing her duties, she is presented with an irresistible opportunity for a quick—and risky—payday. What unfolds in the white house changes the course of her life. Kidnapping, murder, and mayhem lead her—and the reader—through a harrowing and twisting plot to an explosive ending that no one sees coming. Look through the eyes of this young woman and glimpse how a life can forever be altered due to an unfortunate series of events—all touched off in a legendary white house.
Infamous Books, curated by Albert "Prodigy" Johnson of the legendary hip-hop group Mobb Deep, is a revolutionary partnership that pairs the Infamous Records brand with Brooklyn-based independent publisher Akashic Books. Infamous Books' mission is to connect readers worldwide to crime fiction and street lit authors both familiar and new.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 12, 2014
      In a brief preface, Coleman (Dopeman's Trilogy) states, "I intentionally drop subtle gems for the people like me who came from where I came," but this revenge thriller is far from subtle. In the prologue, a woman named Draya is in bed with an unnamed male lover ("He slowly ground his hips in circular motions as he dove deep inside of her leaking love box"). Draya has a secretâshe ripped off the man a year earlierâthough she didn't recognize him when he picked her up in a bar earlier in the evening. After cuffing and gagging her, the man menaces her with a hot iron, "antagonizing her with the sounds of terror," before the narrative flashes back four years earlier. Back then, Draya was working as a cleaning woman for a wealthy couple in Novi, Mich., and, tempted by their wealth, plotted to steal from them to fund her dreams, one of which was paying for her younger brother's college education. Readers should be prepared for explicit sex, brutal violence, and a foregone conclusion.

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