LITTLE GIRL LOST迷失的女孩

Aleas'sdebutbarrelsforthatthespeedofoneoftheManhattantaxisitsprotagonistfrequentlycatchesandcontainssomewhiplash-inducingplottwists.JohnBlake,anNYUdropoutturnedPI,isstunnedtolearnthathishighschoolgirlfriend,Miranda,whohethoughtwenttomedicalschoolandthenontoleadatamelifeintheMidwest,actuallybecameastripper.Evenmoreshocking—she'sbeenmurdered.Angryandconfused,BlakelooksintoMiranda'spast,beginningata10th-ratestripjointownedbysomeunsavorycharacters.Adancertherehelpshimatherperil,andheenduressomebeatingshimselfashenearsthesurpriseconclusion.Still,despitetheseedysettings,Aleas'swritingismoretingedwithinsightthanblood;Blakereflectsthat"thereissuchathingas...asenseofdutytothethingsofyourpast,evenifthey'renotquiteasbeautifulasyouremember."GrittyNewYorkstreetsandscummyapartmentsflashbybriskly,butAleashasadetective'seyefordetail,whichallowshimtocreatesomeatmosphericscenes(whenBlakewalksthroughabusysectionofQueens,henoteseverythingfromthekoshercertificationsigninabakery'swindowtoadrugstore's"out-of-seasonCoppertonedisplays").Tightlywrittenfromstarttofinish,thiscrimenovelisassatisfyinglyedgyasthepulpclassicsthatinspiredit.