In These Streets

By: Shelly Ellis

Narrated by: Alan Ryder

They beat the odds and turned their lives around. But now, three best friends will go head-to-head with ambition, deception - and each other....

Derrick. Ricky. Jamal. One's responsible; one's still a player; one's upwardly-mobile. Sentenced to the Branch Avenue Boys' Youth Institute at 12, they grabbed the chance for better futures. They stayed tight even when their lives diverged - but the times...they are a-changing.

New deputy mayor Jamal is anti-corruption, which means severing ties with Ricky, now a "criminally-adjacent" businessman. But political power plays and unrequited love will lead Jamal to a lethal choice....

Ricky doesn't mind running a front for DC's biggest drug dealer, but when he pursues a sexy customer at his strip club and discovers she's a cop, any wrong move could end Ricky's good times permanently....

Now the Institute's new leader, Derrick is torn between his job and his fiancee, Melissa. But when a cute new instructor who supports him and his mission arrives, he wonders if he should leave Melissa behind, not the Institute. However, this dilemma is nothing compared to a problem brewing right under his nose, and the fallout will strike at the heart of the three friends' bond - and put more than their survival on the line....

©2018 Shelly Ellis (P)2018 Recorded Books

Very good book

I was glad I was able to start the next book. Because the cliff hanger was great!!!

Different

I’m so used to shooting drugs and stuff like that I kept thinking about cutting this book off at the beginning, but it ended up to be one of the best books ever read!!! where the hell is the sequel

The ending

I’m starting to get discouraged when I see books by black authors, true to speculation, we never finish anything, to end this book like you did doesn’t leave us wanting, it pisses us off,, because usually the sequel is years away, with a totally different title, or the story never ends, and I’m getting irritated with these never ending story with the thick, graphic sex scenes, each and every time, like , I’m bored with that, everyone does it!!!! Be original

Wow

This book kept me engaged I did not want to stop listening. . I loved the Real life conflicts between the friends. Especially the part about Jamal listening to Becky
About to jump into soon right now

Story line

Great job.. couldn’t agree more with this one.. good read. Next up?? Have to go back and check out the 1 chapters