overtown

Also, if Drood is a figment of laudanum and 'magnetic mind control', there seem to be too many concrete examples of his actual existence: the 'overtown temples' for instance.

Drood 2009

It was somebody who had probably come from overtown on the Catalina Express.

Excerpt: A Darkness More Than Night by Michael Connelly 2001

The view ranged from the narrow winding road below the house to the whole of Avalon and its harbor, and then out across the Santa Monica Bay to the haze of smog that marked overtown.

Excerpt: A Darkness More Than Night by Michael Connelly 2001

It was somebody who had probably come from overtown on the Catalina Express.

A Darkness More Than Night Connelly, Michael, 1956- 2000

Often when he and Graciela and the children made their once-a-month trip overtown to buy clothing and supplies not available on Catalina, they ate a meal at Dupar's.

A Darkness More Than Night Connelly, Michael, 1956- 2000

He turned in the bow pulpit and looked forward and across the bay to where he knew overtown lay hidden beneath the marine layer.

A Darkness More Than Night Connelly, Michael, 1956- 2000

A four-hour charter " 10 to 2 on Saturday " and then they'd take a late ferry back to overtown.

A Darkness More Than Night Connelly, Michael, 1956- 2000

A peanut butter and jelly sandwich in the middle of the night was something he privately savored as much as a trip overtown with Graciela to dine in style at Jozu on Melrose.

A Darkness More Than Night Connelly, Michael, 1956- 2000

He seemed to have greater success finding female companions in the overtown bars than in the handful of places on the island.

A Darkness More Than Night Connelly, Michael, 1956- 2000

But during the slow times he usually caught a ferry back overtown to his own boat at Cabrillo.

A Darkness More Than Night Connelly, Michael, 1956- 2000