A smart and stylish debut from the editor-in-chief of CrimeReads that pays homage to the noir genre just as smartly as it reinvents it, if Chinatown took place in twenty-first century Brooklyn

After leaving behind the comforts and the shackles of a prestigious Midtown law firm, an attorney makes ends meet in mid-2000s New York City by picking up odd jobs from a colorful assortment of clients in private practice. When a mysterious woman named Anna Reddick turns up at his apartment with ten thousand dollars in cash and asks him to track down her missing husband Newton, an antiquarian bookseller who she believes has been pilfering rare items from her collection, he trusts it will be a quick and easy case. But when the real Anna Reddick-a magnetic, if jaded, literary prodigy-lands on his doorstep with a few bones to pick, he finds himself out of his depth, drawn into a series of unexpected deceptions involving powerful forces of commerce and real estate looking to redevelop Brooklyn's industrial waterfront.

Set against the backdrop of a perpetually changing New York at the tail end of the analog era, An Honest Living is a gripping story of artistic ambition, obsession, and the small crimes we commit against one another every day, serving up nail-biting mystery with a sly comedic touch.