In May of 1968, New York City is broke and on the skids, and private eye
Alex Novalis is hard up for gigs. So when he's offered a case from
wealthy construction mogul Gabriel Kravitz, he can't refuse.
Kravitz's eighteen-year-old daughter Lydia has gone missing. Though
she's presumed to be with Jerry Pedrosian, the radical middle-aged
artist and known womanizer she'd been sleeping with, there are few
clues. Information is hard to come by; everyone seems to be hiding
something. And then there's Andrea Marshall, Lydia's miniskirted and
vinyl-booted best friend, who Novalis is deeply distrustful of...and
unfortunately attracted to.
But as Novalis traverses the city, tracking Lydia from scummy artists'
lofts in pre-gentrified SoHo to luxury penthouses overlooking Central
Park, he'll face threats deadlier than any he signed on for.
Smart and sophisticated, Good Girl, Bad Girl provides a rare,
fascinating snapshot of late 1960s New York City--a glimpse into the
forbidden sex, politics, art, drugs, and counterculture violence that
ran rampant in its once gloriously gritty streets.