Welcome to New York City, where Carole McCann is the first female mayor, and now her 15-year-old son has gone missing. Normally one would expect that this situation calls for a citywide search with all NYPD precincts scouring the streets. However, McCann instead calls in the help of private investigator Bill Smith. And with that,…
The Lydia Chin/Bill Smith series is one I’ve been meaning to read for ages (the first book in the series has been languishing in my TBR pile for far too long) so I was thrilled to have this latest installment land on my desk for immediate review. Told entirely from the perspective of Smith, The…
Lifelong New Yorker S.J. Rozan’s storied career has spanned decades and encompassed both writing and teaching. Her unique melding of substance, style, and structure has branded her one of the most decorated members on the contemporary mystery scene. Rozan has been the recipient of the Edgar, Shamus, Anthony, Nero, and Macavity Awards, as well as…
Paper Son by S. J. Rozan is the 12th book in the Lydia Chin/Bill Smith Mystery series, which takes the acclaimed detective duo into the Deep South to investigate a murder within the Chinese community. In Paper Son, the newest of S. J. Rozan’s Lydia Chin and Bill Smith mysteries, Lydia’s mother surprisingly asks her…
