Across 110th Street is a hard-boiled action thriller set in the mean streets of Harlem in the last days of the 1960s. Heroin has a grip on uptown New York and war is breaking out between the law, big-time racketeers and ghetto factions. The book begins with a multiple murder during a mafia payroll hijacking and never lets up in pace. The novel enjoyed brief fame, later becoming a holy grail item for collectors tracking down rare records and cultural memorabilia. An underground classic that changed hands for over £100, this smart new edition rescues Across 110th Street from obscurity.
Stuart Cosgrove is the author of Young Soul Rebels and the Soul Trilogy (Detroit 67, Memphis 68 and Harlem 69). A writer and broadcaster, he has won numerous awards including a BAFTA and Royal Television Society award for Channel 4’s coverage of the London Paralympics 2012, and the Pendryn Music Book Prize in 2018 for Memphis 68.