EAST VILLAGE NOIR
by Russell Atwood
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Published on December 20, 2009. .
"Finding a runaway teenager in New York City is easy. The hard part is finding the one your looking for."
Private eye Payton Sherwood is hired by the parents of a runaway girl, and while searching for her through the shadowy sidestreets of the East Village, he comes across a connection to a murdered autograph expert.
Short story originally published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, July 1997.