New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. dj. Hardcover first edition - Award-winning Black poet's fourth book - a film noir novel in verse - one which "channels the world of detective movies, picking up its lingo and dark glamour in five 'reels' of poetry - the adventures of a 'soft-boiled' private eye, known as A.K.A. Jones, and an ingenue turned femme fatale, Delilah Redbone, whos come to town from down south." 141 pp. ISBN: 1-400042097.