Description:
Harlem Hit & Run is recent history wrapped in a murder mystery. It is full of the dialogue and details of how we were in the 1990s.
Brief description: Angela Dews started on a contemplative path in New Mexico's Southern Rockies on retreat from journalism, politics and government. She traveled as an Army brat through the segregated south and fled to Howard University. She was born in Ohio. Harlem is home. She now practices and teaches at New York Insight Meditation Center, leads Harlem Insight, and is a mentor in the Buddhist Correspondence Course.
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Valerie Wesley
5.0 out of 5 stars An insider's glimpse of Harlem filled with both affection and vivid detail
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2021
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.
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!