A Novel
Allison LaMothe
Feb 3, 2026
Hardcover with dust jacket
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths / Crime / Thrillers / Suspense
An electrifying new voice in crime fiction: Allison LaMothe’s debut is a gritty, fast-paced mystery about a tabloid reporter in 1992 New York City.
New York City, 1992—Meet Parker Snow, the most tenacious reporter for a tabloid paper that thrives on juicy gossip over hard-hitting news, the New York Street. She also has a big black mark on her record from her last street crime story—and a habit of taking a few too many pills to erase the memory.
Since the fall of the USSR, a new crop of Russian criminals have been arriving in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. It's now Parker's job to cover them. But her old beat keeps calling to her, especially when she learns of a murdered woman whose case the cops want to ignore.
