Restoration Heights

A young white artist living in an historically black Brooklyn neighborhood besieged by gentrification, Reddick investigates the disappearance of his friend, Hannah, which draws him into a mystery that lays bare the complicated machinations of money and power.

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Reddick, a young, white artist, lives in Bedford-Stuyvesant, a historically black Brooklyn neighborhood besieged by gentrification. He makes rent as an art handler, hanging expensive works for Manhattan's one percent. He is also the last person to see Hannah before she disappears. When Hannah's fiancé, scion to an old-money Upper East Side family, refuses to call the police, Reddick sets out to learn for himself what happened to her. — adapted from jacket

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 336 pages

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