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The Spiral: A Thriller

by Rosanne Limoncelli

A murder mystery in 1979 Greenwich Village

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A murder mystery in 1979 Greenwich Village

In 1979, nineteen-year-old Nina Esposito is tending bar in Greenwich Village when a woman who looks strikingly like her is found dead. As a serial killer targets women with Nina’s appearance, ordinary encounters—a subway follower, an acting coach, a restaurant owner—take on possible threat. Detective Frankie Lopez appears to be an ally, but the danger leaves Nina weighing whom she can trust and whether her own past is clouding her judgment. The novel combines a murder investigation with a period portrait of New York: graffiti-covered subways, burned-out East Village buildings, squatters, and punk teens. Its central tension turns on the gap between genuine danger and uncertain perception.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in psychological murder mysteries and serial-killer plots.
  • Readers drawn to crime fiction set in late-1970s New York City.
  • Readers who enjoy stories centered on trust, suspicion, and uncertain danger.

Themes

Trust and suspicionThreat and vulnerabilityPast experiences and perceptionLate-1970s New York City

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Book overview

When Nina finds the dead body of a woman who could easily be her twin, she must divide the men in her life into two groups: the ones she can trust and the ones who might be the killer.

A refreshing new take on the noir-thriller genre, The Spiral is perfect for fans of Tana French and Stieg Larsson.


It's 1979, and nineteen-year-old Nina Esposito survives gritty Greenwich Village by tending bar with plenty of sarcasm and elbow grease. She can navigate the lewd customers, dirty streets, and danger-after-dark of NYC until a serial killer arrives on the scene targeting women who look exactly like her. Now survival for Nina means finding the killer before he finds her.

She has the constant feeling that she is prey surrounded by predators and every man she meets could be the killer: the guy following her on the subway, her leering acting coach, the restaurant owner pressuring her for a date. But is she really a target, or are the demons of her past clouding her judgment? Detective Frankie Lopez seems to be on her side--but she knows that trusting the wrong person could make her the next victim.

Set in crime-ridden New York City, when the subways were covered in graffiti and the burned-out buildings of the East Village were homes for squatters and punk rock teens, this psychological thriller is a dark murder mystery, one that will keep you guessing until the very end when the final twist is revealed.
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