2 Books Published by Prospect Park Books on AALBC — Book Cover Collage

Click for more detail about Good Man Gone Bad: An Aaron Gunner Mystery by Gar Anthony Haywood Good Man Gone Bad: An Aaron Gunner Mystery

by Gar Anthony Haywood
Prospect Park Books (Oct 15, 2019)
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Gar Anthony Haywood is the Shamus and Anthony award-winning author of twelve crime novels, including the Aaron Gunner private eye series and Joe and Dottie Loudermilk mysteries. His short fiction has been included in the Best American Mystery Stories anthologies, and Booklist has called him "a writer who has always belonged in the upper echelon of American crime fiction." Haywood has written for network television and both the New York and Los Angeles Times.


Click for more detail about This Side of Providence by Rachel M. Harper This Side of Providence

by Rachel M. Harper
Prospect Park Books (Mar 29, 2016)
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"It is a book of such power that it is as if a completely new layer of the American experience has been exposed to our view…not one line is wasted and every single word rings true."— Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple Arcelia Perez fled Puerto Rico to escape a failed marriage and a history of abuse, but instead of finding her piece of the American dream, she ends up on the wrong side of Providence. With three young children, Arcelia follows a rocky path that ultimately leads to prison and an agonizing drug withdrawal. But her real challenge comes when she’s released and must figure out how to stay clean and reunite the family that has unraveled in her absence. Through rotating narrators, we hear from the characters whose lives and futures are inextricably linked with Arcelia’s own uncertain fate: her charming, street-savvy son, Cristo, and brilliant daughter Luz; their idealistic teacher, Miss Valenti n, who battles her own demons; and the enigmatic Snowman, her landlord and confidante. This powerful story of hope and redemption reveals the un- acknowledged side of one of our oldest American cities, where even the bleakest of realities can’t destroy the bonds between parent and child. Rich in humanity, This Side of Providence is a novel of exceptional force and originality.