Short stories and a novella from one of crime fiction's most revered writers. to life in a high-stakes story of tough choices. Smart and fast-paced, The Man Who Came Uptown brings Washington, D.C.
Trying to balance his new job, his love of reading, and the debt he owes to the man who got him released, Michael struggles to figure out his place in this new world before he loses control. But what hasn't changed is the hard choice between the temptation of crime and doing what's right. Once shady storefronts are now trendy beer gardens and flower shops. that has changed a lot during his time locked up. Outside, Michael encounters a Washington, D.C. Anna keeps passing Michael books until one day he disappears, suddenly released after a private detective manipulated a witness in Michael's trial.
Michael Hudson spends the long days in prison devouring books given to him by the prison's librarian, a young woman named Anna who develops a soft spot for her best student. From the bestselling and Emmy-nominated writer behind HBO's We Own This City: a "gripping, surprisingly soulful" mystery about an ex-offender who must choose between the man who got him out and the woman who showed him another path ( Entertainment Weekly).
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