
Streetwhys
Author: Christopher Chambers
Series: Dickie Cornish Detective Mystery
Narrator: Ron Butler
Unabridged: 9 hr 12 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 04/15/2025

Author: Christopher Chambers
Series: Dickie Cornish Detective Mystery
Narrator: Ron Butler
Unabridged: 9 hr 12 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 04/15/2025
Christopher Chambers is a professor of media studies and a novelist. His novels include A Prayer for Deliverance and Sympathy for the Devil, the graphic anthology (with Gary Phillips) The Darker Mask, and PEN/Malamud-nominated story, "Leviathan." His short stories have been included in the Anthony award-winning anthology The Obama Inheritance, The Faking of the President, and Black Pulp 2. Professor Chambers is a regular commentator/contributor on media and culture issues on SiriusXM Radio, ABC News, and HuffPost. He resides in Washington, DC, with his family and German Shepherd, Max.
Dickie Cornish, reformed druggie, previous resident of the DC Streets, now clean of drugs and booze and in possession of his detective license. He’s intimidating in stature and personality, and having lived on the streets wise and connected to that world. Financially still on the skids and with a pos......more
Dickie Cornish is a new character for me. The street language of the audiobook gave me some difficulty until I got used to the reader’s tone. But when I finally got into the book I became in entranced by the story of a senior citizen has been detective and past street person having the street smarts......more
I found this book hard to digest. The third in a series and although I read the other two, I still couldn’t get into the character and the storyline. Dickie Cornish is a homeless guy that is also a private detective in Washington DC. A lot of street talk makes it hard for me to relate to.......more