The Ryer Avenue Story - Softcover

Uhnak, Dorothy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312952228 ISBN 13: 9780312952228

Publisher: St. Martin's Press, 1994

Synopsis

Haunted by the night when, as children, they fled the scene of a homicide in a Bronx street, six characters searching for power and success are reunited when one of them threatens to divulge the secret about the murder. Reprint.

About this title

About the Author:

A native New Yorker, born and raised in the Bronx, Dorothy Uhnak attended the City College of New York and the John Jay College of Criminal Justice before becoming one of the New York Police Departments first female recruits in 1953. She wrote a memoir detailing her experiences, Police Woman, before creating the semi-autobiographical character of Christie Opara, who features in The Bait, The Witness and The Ledger. Opara is the only woman on the District Attoney's Special Investigations Squad, and applies the same cool, methodical approach to hunting down criminals as she does to raising a child on her own and navigating complex relationships with her colleagues. During her 14 years in the NYPD Uhnak was promoted three times and twice awarded medals for services 'above and beyond'; she also earned the department's highest commendation, the Outstanding Police Duty Bar. Her writing was equally highly regarded: The Bait was widely praised by critics, and won the Edgar Award for Best First Mystery of 1968. Dorothy Uhnak died in Greenport, New York, and is survived by her daughter Tracy.

From AudioFile:

Beginning with a murder in 1935, this story follows the lives of the six children who were involved as they move from the Bronx to the far corners of the world. Durbin's narration is outstanding, perfectly paced and appropriately pitched, maintaining listener interest as the story traverses forty years and dozens of characters. He uses tone, volume and accents to distinguish characters, major and minor. Uhnak is a good storyteller, and the recording enhances her text by making many of the characters unsettlingly real. The only problem with the recording is that some readers might have skipped some of the very disturbing and graphic sections if they were reading the text. J.L. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0312952228
• ISBN 13: 9780312952228
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 474