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Boom Town

Nic Stone

Reader Score

74%

74% of readers

recommend this book

Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl meets P-Valley in Nic Stone's adult thriller debut about two missing erotic dancers from Atlanta's most notorious gentlemen's club and the woman committed to finding them.

When Damaris "Charm" Wilburn, a new daytime dancer, is missing for her shift at Boom Town, former headliner Michah "Lyriq" Johanssen suspects something more than a "no call, no show." As Lyriq's former headline partner and lover--Felice "Lucky" Carothers--also vanished under similar circumstances, Lyriq decides she's going to find them.

Delving deeper into Charm and Lucky's disappearances, Lyriq uncovers a tangled web of deceit, privilege, and power. The line between friend and foe blurs, forcing Lyriq to confront the question: Is finding for these women worth the threat to her own life?

This tantalizing thriller will take you on a heart-pounding and page turning journey through the peaks and valleys of Atlanta's underworld.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Publish Date: Oct 14th, 2025
  • Pages: 288
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.50in - 5.50in - 1.10in - 0.80lb
  • EAN: 9781668056271
  • Categories: Thrillers - SuspenseMystery & Detective - Women SleuthsAfrican American & Black - Women

About the Author

Stone, Nic: - Nic Stone is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin. A Spelman College graduate, Nic lives in Atlanta with her family. Boom Town is her first adult novel.

Praise for this book

"A work of cultural memory, tracing the line between the vanished girls of Atlanta's past and the unprotected women who still navigate its underworld. It's a novel that taps into fear, but at its heart, this is a book stitched together with love. Black women, the book says, have been and always will be one another's saviors." -- The New York Times