St. Louis, Missouri 1955 RC Marlen's father owned a drugstore in St. Louis and she has written about the crime her family encountered in the neighborhood. Into this fictional story the numerous holdups, a brutal murder, and many robberies are presented as they actually happened. During 1955 and after Brown vs. Board of Education had sent ripples across United States, neighborhoods in St. Louis flooded with change, and people's prejudices surfaced. In The Drugstore, stories of ordinary people's strife will pull at your heart, like the fire at Miss Pansy Dimestore and the quest of young Becky Bartlett whose father runs the corner drugstore. Everyone is caught in a whirlpool of crime when holdups and murder overtake the mom and pop businesses on Park Avenue; someone - a friend, colleague, or one of Becky's brothers - is leaking information about cash and drugs. After a brutal holdup, Becky flees from Freddie Payne who had tried to rape her. Soon he starts telephoning her, and she realizes that he always knows her whereabouts. Nothing can stop the demise of the neighborhood, but can Becky outwit Freddie Payne?
Words: avenue park, brown board education, brown board of education

Author: Marlen, RC
Publisher: Sunbird Press
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: The Drugstore
Pages: 00000 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2006-06-01
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780977975204
Category: Fiction : Sagas
Category: Fiction : Mystery & Detective - General