In Lost Treasures of R&B, his latest mystery featuring D Hunter, George combines the history of African-American music he’s documented in films such as Brooklyn Boheme and in books including Hippest Trip in America and Where Did our Love Go? with a vibrant imagination for plot and character. D Hunter, the bodyguard introduced in The Plot against Hip-Hop, precipitates, then investigates, a deadly shoot-out while on duty protecting a rap star. Meanwhile, he’s hired to find a lost 1966 recording of a jam session starring Diana Ross and Otis Redding. (Akashic)