First published 2021
Christmas Eve 1984 in Hawkins should be peaceful for Police Chief Jim Hopper and his adopted daughter Eleven. Instead, Eleven discovers a cardboard box marked "Nueva York" in the basement and demands answers about Hopper's mysterious past. Why did he leave Hawkins years ago? What does Vietnam mean? Why has he never mentioned New York? Reluctant to revisit painful memories, Hopper finally tells Eleven about his last major case before everything changed. In summer 1977 New York, Hopper returns from Vietnam to start fresh with his young daughter, loving wife, and new job as a police detective. When federal agents steal his unsolved case involving brutal murders, Hopper goes rogue to uncover the truth. He infiltrates the city's most dangerous street gangs. Just as he closes in on solving the case, a massive blackout plunges New York into darkness and forces Hopper to confront the deepest shadows of his past.
Genres: historical-fiction, mystery, crime, action
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: rogue-cop, secrets-of-the-past
Setting: Hawkins, New York
Period: 1977, 1984
448 pages · Paperback · Debolsillo
Content warnings: violence