by Nic Stone
First published 2025
Damaris "Charm" Wilburn doesn't show up for her daytime shift at Boom Town, Atlanta's most notorious gentlemen's club. Former headliner Michah "Lyriq" Johanssen knows this isn't just another dancer skipping work. Charm's disappearance mirrors what happened to Felice "Lucky" Carothers, Lyriq's former dance partner and lover who vanished under similar circumstances. Lyriq decides to track down both missing women herself. Her investigation pulls her deeper into Atlanta's underworld, where she discovers a complex network of lies, privilege, and power. The people around her become increasingly difficult to trust as friends transform into potential enemies. Lyriq must decide whether saving Charm and Lucky justifies putting her own life at risk. Stone's adult thriller debut combines the psychological complexity of Gillian Flynn with the gritty strip club setting of P-Valley.
Genres: mystery, crime, adult-fiction, thriller
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, investigation, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Atlanta
Period: 21st-century
288 pages · Hardcover · Simon & Schuster
Content warnings: violence