East of A, Russell Atwood
East of A, Russell Atwood
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East of A

Author: Russell Atwood

Narrator: Adams Morgan

Unabridged: 6 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/22/2011

Synopsis

New York's Alphabet City is a magnet for desperate hustlers, con men, and lastchance addicts. Payton Sherwood knows that scene. But Payton also lives by awhiteknight creed derived from the heroes of golden age detective fiction. And like those renowned hardboiled private eyes, he is riddled with lossthe loss of an old love who still exists in daydreams, and the loss of a city he barely recognizes. Payton takes a wrong turn on a side street and stumbles into trouble in the form of three bullnecked heavies and a tough sixteenyearold runaway named Gloria Manlow. After taking a savage beating, he tracks Gloria through Alphabet City, where the shadows that frighten aren't those that shade the street, but rather the soul. Payton's dusktodawn nightmare on the wild side is about to beginand nothing will stop it but death.

About Russell Atwood

Russell Atwood attended the American University of Washington, DC, where he cofounded the student magazine American Library. Afterward, he served as the managing editor of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. He has worked as an off-Broadway house manager at the Orpheum and Westwide Theatres, and also as an editor at A&E Monthly Magazine, writing the “Mystery Page” column. In 1996 he published his first mystery short story which introduced Payton Sherwood in “Ellery Queen: East of A.” Sherwood continues his adventures in Russell Atwood’s debut novel. The author lives in the East Village of New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Maddy on August 06, 2013

Coming back to the city after a child custody case in Syracuse. Middle of the night. Hungry. No food. Go out and get some milk and Cheerios. Three guys grab a girl. She’s in trouble. Payton Sherwood to the rescue. Bash a guy with the gallon jug. Milk bath? Proceed to get pulverized by the thugs. Ult......more

Goodreads review by Josh on April 22, 2014

EAST OF A started with a bang, a near pitch perfect opening which looked to have set the tone for the remainder of the book; equal parts action and humour with a touch of character development thrown in to allow an immediate connection with the down-on-his-luck PI Payton Sherwood. Coming to the aid......more

Goodreads review by Randy on September 03, 2009

Payton Sherwood had been out of New York for a few weeks testifying at a trial. Arriving home in the middle of the night, he needs a few thing for the fridge and walks down to the neighborhood store. Headed home he comes upon three goons attacking a young teenage street kid. He wades in armed only w......more

Goodreads review by Susan on January 17, 2017

I do not read a lot of PI novels but picked up this one and read it through, only pausing to go to work and to sleep. It had everything I would want in a book of this type, and then some. I didn't expect to laugh, but I did (where appropriate). The author captured NYC and was my GPS through the grit......more

Goodreads review by William on May 30, 2020

A very good book by my dear friend Russell Atwood. Loved the setting, characters and the plot. Like how the main character takes his share of bumps and bruisers and most of all I loved the way it ended.......more

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