Multicultural Noir: A Gritty Urban Mystery of New York's Underbelly

In Chinatown Angel, a finalist for the Shamus Award for Best First Private Eye Novel, A. E. Roman delivers a fast-paced, vibrant look at the streets, bodegas, and penthouses of New York City through the eyes of Chico Santana, a broke and brokenhearted PI. On New Year's Eve, Chico runs into an old friend, Albert Garcia, now a waiter and aspiring filmmaker entangled with the wealthy, eccentric Atlas family and their rising star, Kirk Atlas.

Hired by Atlas to track down his missing cousin Tiffany, a beautiful Chinese-Cuban-American girl, Chico thinks it's easy money. But on the night he takes the job, Atlas's Brazilian maid falls from her Queens apartment rooftop. Everyone insists it was suicide, but Chico suspects foul play. As he searches for Tiffany, disturbing details emerge, and despite the money, Chico feels compelled to uncover the truth behind the maid's death and Tiffany's disappearance in this suspenseful tale of multicultural mystery.