Dirty Metal by Lamothe, Allison

Dirty Metal

An electrifying new voice in crime fiction: Allison LaMothe's debut is a gritty, fast-paced mystery about a...
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Author: Allison Lamothe
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Language: English
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Dirty Metal by Lamothe, Allison

Dirty Metal

$89.99 $47.34

Dirty Metal

$89.99 $47.34
Author: Allison Lamothe
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

An electrifying new voice in crime fiction: Allison LaMothe's debut is a gritty, fast-paced mystery about a reporter running down two huge stories at once

"Allison LaMothe is a wildly talented writer with an exacting eye for detail and her tenacious tabloid reporter, Parker Snow, is gutsy, whip-smart, and the perfect tour guide through pre-Giuliani New York City." --Julia Dahl, author of I Dreamed of Falling

New York City, 1992--Meet Parker Snow, the most tenacious reporter for a tabloid paper that thrives on juicy gossip over hard-hitting news, the New York Street. She also has a big black mark on her record from her last street crime story--and a habit of taking a few too many pills to erase the memory.

Since the fall of the USSR, a new crop of Russian criminals have been arriving in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. It's now Parker's job to cover them. But her old beat keeps calling to her, especially when she learns of a murdered woman whose case the cops want to ignore.

Trying to run down two stories at once--a simmering mafia turf war, and a homicide that leads to two more with no clear link between them--Parker must also fight the pull of her pills and the arrogant men who get in her way at every turn. Despite it all, she's determined to find truth and redemption for herself, the victims, and a city in chaos--if her demons don't get to her first.

Author: Allison Lamothe
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Published: 02/03/2026
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 9.34h x 6.59w x 1.14d
ISBN: 9781250382528


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2026
Library Journal 11/01/2025 pg. 50
Publishers Weekly 12/01/2025

About the Author
Allison LaMothe is a writer based in Miami by way of New York. After studying French and English with a concentration in poetry writing at the University of Virginia, she spent a year in Russia before moving on to New York City. When not writing or reading three books at a time she can generally be found in the dance studio, in the kitchen, or under water. Dirty Metal is her first novel.

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