12-10-22: My 124th book of 2022! I will read anything about New York! Ash McKenna is an amateur PI living a rough life among the denizens of the East Village. Having lost his father on 9/11, Ash has a chip on his shoulder he can‘t shake. Enter Chell, the girl he loves who doesn‘t love him back. When something heinous happens to her he makes it his mission to solve the crime. It was a violent story but there is a lot of heart too. Book 1 in series