Coming November 4:

The Red Scare Murders

This wry, big-hearted noir brings 1950s New York to life, from the tenements of Hell’s Kitchen to the mansions of Riverdale, from Sing Sing to City Hall, with a gripping murder mystery laying bare the explosive conflicts between its big wheels, its working stiffs, its gangsters, and its dreamers.

“Lehane’s pacing and hardboiled dialogue are hard to beat, and he makes the jittery paranoia of the period jump off the page. Fans of James Ellroy will get a kick out of this.”
—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

“PI Mick Mulligan is an engagingly dogged and wry protagonist, his murder investigation’s supporting cast varied and interesting. But the real star is New York City in the summer of 1950, with a cab strike led by duelling communists and mobsters, and ordinary people still expecting a fair shake. A picture of America which these days feels like ‘fake history.’ But isn’t.”
—David Downing, author of Zoo Station

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