Love the Stranger

Ted Molloy, a Queens attorney with a troublesome penchant for noble causes, investigates the murder of a corrupt immigration lawyer in the sharply observed follow-up to the 2022 Nero Award winner Tower of Babel.Ted Molloy has hit his stride with a foreclosure investment scheme that brings him into contact with a cast of shady characters across New Yorks most diverse borough, from Hollis to Howard Beach. On the side, he helps his activist girlfriend, Kenzie, with her work to halt construction on the Spikea corporate-backed development project in Corona that would displace the largely immigrant communities surrounding it.Stop the Spike is heating up: Kenzie spends most of her waking hours fending off smear campaigns and touring community spaces in Queens to spread the word, which she can do thanks to Mohammed, Ted and Kenzies close friend, a recent Yemeni immigrant and most expedient cab driver. But when Kenzie learns that...