LAST NIGHT

One of the few black kids on his Brighton Beach block, Titus “Crisp” Crespo was raised by his white mother and his Russian grandparents. He has two legacies from his absent father, Mo: his weird name and his brown skin. Crisp has always been the odd kid out, but a fundamentally good kid, with a bright future. But one impulsive decision triggers a horrible domino effect--an arrest, no reason not to accompany his richer, whiter friend Glynnie on a visit to her weed dealer, and a trip onto his father’s old home turf where he’ll face certain choices he’s always strived to avoid.

As Detective Lex Cole tries to unravel the clues from Crisp’s night out, they both find that what you don’t know about your past can still come back to haunt you.

Praise for A Map In The Dark:

“Elegant, haunting... a far-from-ordinary FBI novel.” – Literary Hub

“One of the most compelling psychological thrillers I’ve read in a long time, A Map of the Dark grabs you from the very first page and does not loosen its grip. I read this book in a day---I simply could not put it down---but I will be thinking about it for much longer.” – Alison Gaylin, USA Today bestselling author of What Remains of Me

“A taut, tense, exciting read with a sharp and very human protagonist.”

– Reed Farrel Coleman, New York Times bestselling author of What You Break

“A beautifully rendered portrait of familial grief, loss, and decades-old demons wrapped inside a terrific race-against-time thriller.”

– Sarah Weinman, editor of Women Crime Writers: Eight Suspense Novels of the 1940s & ‘50s and Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives