Always Six O'Clock

by Phoef Sutton

Lost in a fog of loneliness, a thirtysomething writer is jarred from his routine existence when a woman from his past offers him a second chance at true love, in this haunting and humorous novel of romantic suspense by an award-winning film and television writer.

278 pages, Hardcover

First published May 4, 1998

About the author

Phoef Sutton started as an actor and playwright in college; he was lucky enough to go to a small liberal arts college in Virginia, James Madison University, which encouraged student playwrights. Phoef was one of the only undergraduates to win the Norman Lear Award for Comedy Playwriting. After graduation, Phoef had plays produced at various regional theaters around the country, had his award winning play BURIAL CUSTOMS selected for publication by the Theatre Communications Group and was awarded a National Endowment for Arts Playwrights Fellowship.

After marrying and moving to Los Angeles, Phoef started his career at the NBC television show CHEERS. He stayed with the show for eight years, working his way up from staff writer to executive producer, winning two Emmys and a Writer’s Guild Award. A greater training ground for a writer could not be imagined.

After CHEERS, Phoef has produced and created a number of television shows and consulted on others, including NEWS RADIO and BOSTON LEGAL. He is honored to have won a Peabody Award, a GLAAD award and a Television Academy Honors award for this work on BOSTON LEGAL. Recently, he has worked on critically acclaimed series TERRIERS for FX and THE SOUL MAN for TV Land, DEFIANCE for SyFy Channel and ALPHA HOUSE for Amazon.

He has directed a short film – a suspense tale called ‘TIL DEATH. ‘TIL DEATH has been shown and various film festivals around the world and received prizes at the Garden State Festival and WorldFest in Houston, Texas.

Phoef has also worked for many years as a screenwriter and script doctor. MRS. WINTERBOURNE, directed by Richard Benjamin was an adaptation of a novel by one of his favorite authors, Cornell Woolrich. THE FAN, directed by Tony Scott and starring Robert DeNiro was an adaptation of the novel by Peter Abrahams.

Phoef is a published novelist – FIFTEEN MINUTES TO LIVE, a romantic-thriller; DEAD MAN: THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, a horror novel and its sequel DEAD MAN REBORN.
2015 is a promising year for Phoef, with the debut of his collaborations with Janet Evanovich, WICKED CHARMS and publication of his hard-boiled crime novel CRUSH.

Phoef lives in South Pasadena, California with his wife Dawn and his daughters Skylar and Celia.

Reviews

[Emily · Rating 1 out of 5]

Something about this book just rubbed me the wrong way. I read about 30 pages and decided to return it to the library. Even the mystery of finding out who the older Jesse was couldn't keep me interested. Also, I really don't like it when the main character describes parts of the anatomy using the words "c**k" and "p***y". I don't want to waste my time reading about a character who chooses to use those words.

[erocchio · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked this book!! Quick read that's full of humor, suspense, and, of course, a love story. Great summer read

[Krista · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good book. If you can get past the beginning when the words pussy and cock are used. Those words are only said in the beginning of the book though. I didn't like the cliff hanger ending. Otherwise a really good book.