Harlem Hit & Run - 2nd Edition by Angela Dews (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p><strong><em>Harlem Hit & Run </em></strong>is recent<strong> </strong>history wrapped in a murder mystery. It is full of the dialogue and details of how we were in the 1990s. </p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>The Second Edition of <strong><em>Harlem Hit & Run</em></strong> starts at what was Chapter Two. It is exactly the same story that we enter at a different point. </p><p>Neither Pearl nor readers will get inside the board room of the city's only black-owned commercial bank which was introduced in Chapter One of the First Edition. But they may find their footing on the threshold of the "Harlem Empowerment" we have witnessed since that time.</p><p><strong><em>Harlem Hit & Run </em></strong>is recent<strong> </strong>history wrapped in a murder mystery. It is full of the dialogue and details of how we were in the 1990s. Harlem is one of the complex characters. So is bad-ass actress native daughter Pearl Washington.</p><p>She plays Police Lt. Summer Knight in her action movies and she is studying the Buddha's teaching as part of her martial arts training. Pearl chants over her friend when she is hit by a car on 125th Street: "<em>Remember all this fleeting world is a star at dawn, a bubble in a stream, a flash of lightening in a summer cloud, a flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream</em>." </p><p>Pearl's lover, a Harlem cop, hears her and asks her to lead his 28th Precinct police people in a meditation. </p><p> </p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p></p><p>Valerie Wesley</p><p><em>5.0 out of 5 stars</em> An insider's glimpse of Harlem filled with both affection and vivid detail </p><p>Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2021</p><p> Pearl Washington, part-time publisher/TV star and full-time Buddhist/grieving daughter, is the engaging main character in Harlem Hit & Run, the first book in a new mystery series by Angela Dews, editor of Still in the City, a well-received, insightful anthology of essays about practicing urban Buddhism. Dews successfully uses her sensitivity and knowledge of this practice in the creation of her new work.</p><p> Pearl Washington, a daughter of Harlem, loves the place where she grew up. When her friend Cecelia is rundown by a car while crossing a city street, Pearl is devastated and determined to find her killer. Her search takes her places she doesn't expect to go--and into the arms of an old love long gone from her life. Dews offers readers a glimpse of Harlem in the 90s that is filled with affection and attention to detail that makes this story appealing and captures the spirit of an historic place that changes yet remains the same. An enjoyable read! </p><br>
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