Pennsylvania Avenue: A Novel

by J. A. Rich

Overview

Baltimore, 1942. The home front adjusts as the Second World War rages. Shy county girl, Ruthie, arrives on what many call 'Colored Paradise'; Baltimore's Pennsylvania Avenue. Driven from her simple life, she is plunged into the criminal underworld in an attempt to avenge the murder of her beloved uncle, almost a decade before. During her quest for revenge, Ruthie is helped by strangers; including a mysterious figure from the past.
Who is it?
Meanwhile, newly promoted police Detective Ross stumbles upon evidence which could convict a powerful corrupt police commander and bring down his whole department. As Ross and Ruthie get closer to their goals, they meet and begin to realize how intertwined their agendas are. Join them as they prepare for an end-game that threatens to turn the legal system and the criminal underworld upside down; on Pennsylvania Avenue.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781511545778
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	04/29/2015
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.61(d)

About the Author

Author J.A. Rich is a native of Baltimore, Maryland. Shy and reclusive as a child, J.A. loved to escape into books and television. He was fascinated by the science fiction/ fantasy genres and a fanatic comic book aficionado. He authored many short stories, honing his skills as a writer. J.A. also emceed and performed at many spoken word and poetry venues around Baltimore city.

The son of historians, J.A. has a deep interest and is well versed in Baltimore City history and culture. He first came up with the idea of writing Pennsylvania Avenue, hearing the stories of his father's sisters who grew up along the avenue in the forties and the fifties. Fascinated, he threw himself into recreating stories from that long gone world of yesteryear.

J.A. has expressed interest in writings from five to six different novel genres with possible stories branching of from each. Those genres range from Horror to Science Fiction to Drama, and of course History; of which, with genealogy has him in the planning stages for an epic story like none ever written before.
His one wish is to bring the reader into the worlds that he conceives, so that they can see as he sees and experience for themselves. So relax, grab one of J.A. Rich's novels and join the journeys of the mind, in books.