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Title details for The Mayors of New York by S. J. Rozan - Available

The Mayors of New York

#15 in series

by S. J. Rozan
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The new crime novel from the award-winning S. J. Rozan, where private investigators Lydia Chin and Bill Smith find themselves thrust into the mystery behind the disappearance of the teenage son of the mayor of New York.
In January, New York City inaugurates its first female mayor. In April, her son disappears.

Called in by the mayor's chief aide—a former girlfriend of private investigator Bill Smith's—to find the missing fifteen-year-old, Bill and his partner, Lydia Chin, are told the boy has run away. Neither the press nor the NYPD know that he's missing, and the mayor wants him back before a headstrong child turns into a political catastrophe. But as Bill and Lydia investigate, they turn up more questions than answers.

Why did the boy leave? Who else is searching for him, and why? What is his twin sister hiding?

Then a teen is found dead and another is hit by gunfire. Are these tragedies related to each other, and to the mayor's missing son?

In a desperate attempt to find the answer to the boy's disappearance before it's too late, Bill and Lydia turn to the only contacts they think will be able to help: the neighborhood leaders who are the real 'mayors' of New York.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Bill Smith / Lydia Chin

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    December 5, 2023

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781639365265

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781639365265
      • File size: 3131 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Booklist

      November 1, 2023
      Since the first book in the Lydia Chin and Bill Smith mystery series was released in 1994, the New York they inhabit has kept up with the times while the two PIs have remained craftily frozen in time, never to age. When Bill's former girlfriend hires him to find the fifteen-year-old runaway son of New York City's mayor, Lydia joins her partner in a mad dash across all five boroughs. The boy has a pattern of disappearing from his dysfunctional family, but Bill and Lydia's pace accelerates when it appears someone is trying to kill the kid. Following a lead to Times Square, the duo end up in a street brawl with costumed characters hawking for photos. Lydia has a go at Elmo, and Bill must fight off the Incredible Hulk, who is, fortunately, mostly padding. But the tone changes drastically when they end up in a finale reminiscent of the O.K. Corral. Rozan allows the Big Apple to shine by depicting its diversity and the many "mayors" that rule the city's neighborhoods, from Chinatown to upscale enclaves in the Bronx. The characterizations are brilliant, and Bill's voice narrating is a total delight.

      COPYRIGHT(2023) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

subjects

Languages

  • English

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