Download or read book Smoke Filled Rooms written by Kris Nelscott and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002-06-17 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sequel to "A Dangerous Road, " P.I. Smokey Dalton escapes Memphis with 10-year-old Jimmy, a witness to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Their new beginning in Chicago is shattered by the events leading up to the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Smokey does all he can to protect Jimmy from the police--and the rogue FBI agent Smokey feels is following them. Martin's Press. (June)

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