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Overview

When novelist Lowen Clausen first began writing First Avenue, "there was no distance between the street and me." Having once been a seasoned beat cop in the waterfront city, Clausen creates a convincing portrait of Sam, who can't get the image of the dead baby out of his mind and who can no longer "sweat out" the streets in his daily kayak trek home. During Sam's dogged investigation emerge other intriguing people in Sam's life-his beautiful neighbor Georgia; Sam's friend Silve, the restaurant owner in the Pike Place Market; and the mysterious young Alaska Native girl, Maria.
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Seattle cop Sam Wright is a loner with a pretty predictable life. He usually starts his days with a vigorous kayaking jaunt, followed by shooting the breeze with the old proprietor of a small coffee shop, before getting down to police business. Sam's routine suddenly changes after he is called to an old hotel where the body of a baby has been found. What's particularly troublesome is that Sam knows he saw the baby and its young mother just a few weeks earlier. Sam chases down any lead that could provide clues to the baby's death and the mother's disappearance, leading to discovery of a sinister twist (that some cops may be involved) that makes him all the more determined to find out who's responsible. Clausen debuts with a strong effort: Sam is a well-developed, intriguing protagonist whom readers will root for, and the downtown Seattle ambiance, especially the references to teenage gangs, is vivid. The only weak component is Clausen's inclusion of a long-lost relative of Sam's, which seems forced and superfluous. (Dec.) Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780451409485
  • Publisher: Onyx
  • Publication date: 12/15/2000
  • Format: Mass Market Paperback
  • Edition description: REISSUE
  • Pages: 384
  • Product dimensions: 4.22 (w) x 6.70 (h) x 1.05 (d)

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 26, 2002

    When will Sam Wright be back?

    I enjoyed the book so much,I read front to back in one sitting. The location was well described, the story line truly credible. It was like watching the story unfold, that Seattle area has always been a 'hard times' place for humanity; people travel long distances to Seattle to visit the public market,they would recognise the area in this book. When will Sam Wright share more stories? Kind of liked the guy.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 1, 2001

    Good.... but not great

    An impressive first novel but definitely not worthy of five stars. The characters are interesting but the overall tone of the book seemed a little dark and depressed. I know that the subject matter isn't one to be 'light' about, but the mood of the story and its hero was gloomy. The hero seemed incredibly down and out about his profession.

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  • Posted December 9, 2008

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    Superior police procedural

    FIRST AVENUE is the home for bums, runaways, hookers, and girly shows. The cops who patrol the area know that even in the quiet of first watch, this part of Seattle is filled with dangerous undesirables. The police know what the odious smell in a guestroom at the squalid Donald hotel likely means before unlocking the door, bit it does not phase the cops at the scene until they look inside. <P> Police Officers Sam Wright and Kat Murphy are among the cops who find a dead baby inside the room. Sam normally can forget his job by kayaking away his stress. However, this time the picture of the infant etches into his soul. He vows to the dead child, the unknown mother who washed the dishes before seemingly abandoning her baby, and mostly to himself to bring to justice those individuals who committed this heinous crime. Short of manpower, the brass just wants this to be another unsolved statistic, but Sam cannot let it go as he works the mangy rundown streets of FIRST AVENUE seeking information from the wave of human rejects residing there. <P> FIRST AVENUE is a tremendous police procedural because of the strength of its characters, especially Sam. The investigative story line works as a darker side of Seattle is painted to the reader. As good as the description of the city and as well written is the plot, Sam and his supporting cast own this debut tale that tastes convincingly accurate in a sensitive way. In his debut novel, Lowen Clausen provides a fabulous tale that will leave sub-genre fans anxiously awaiting his next book, perhaps starring Sam again. <P>Harriet Klausner

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 11, 1999

    Captivating

    I found this book to be spellbinding, capturing my interest until the very end.`

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