If your teenage son went missing without a trace, the first thing you would do is call the police for help in finding him, right? Well, not if you were in tense contract negotiations with the police union. Carole McCann, New York City’s first female mayor, wants to ensure her son is found as quickly and quietly as possible, lest her reputation be destroyed. Enter Bill Smith and Lydia Chin, the nimble private investigator duo tasked with the case. S.J. Rozan’s THE MAYORS OF NEW YORK, told from Bill’s perspective, follows the plucky pair as they attempt to crack the case before it’s too late.
If you are a longtime fan of Rozan’s PI mystery series, you will be delighted to pick up the latest novel and hunt for clues alongside Bill and Lydia. If you’re newer to Bill and Lydia, fear not – each case can be enjoyed as a standalone novel. THE MAYORS OF NEW YORK shines in its depictions of different neighborhoods and communities within New York and their informal mayors. Just as fun as trying to chase down leads is following the wheeling and dealing that each informal neighborhood mayor does in return for releasing tidbits of helpful information. S.J. Rozan, a native New Yorker herself, brings the city alive in this book with her vivid descriptions of person, place, and food.
Mysteries narrated from Bill's perspective tend to have a more pessimistic and jaded tone and are typically imbued with more of Rozan’s socio-political commentary on issues the community is currently facing. THE MAYORS OF NEW YORK follows suit, with a harder-hitting resolution that will not be every reader’s cup of tea.
On the whole, if you are looking to play private investigator and aren’t intimidated to dive into the seedier underbelly of New York for an unflinching look at who holds power (and over whom), S.J. Rozan’s THE MAYORS OF NEW YORK is the next read for you.
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.
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