Boom Town
by Nic Stone
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Pub Date Oct 14 2025 | Archive Date Nov 13 2025
Description
When Damaris “Charm” Willburn, a new daytime dancer, vanishes without a trace, former headliner Micah “Lyriq” Johanssen suspects something more than a no call, no show. As Lyriq’s former lover, Felice “Lucky” Carothers, also went missing under similar circumstances, Lyriq decides she’s going to find them.
As Lyriq delves deeper into Charm and Lucky’s disappearances, she uncovers a tangled web of privilege, power, and gaslighting. The line between friend and foe blurs, forcing Lyriq to confront the question: is finding these women worth the risk of losing her own life?
In this tantalizing thriller, #1 New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone takes you on a heart-pounding journey through the heights and depths of Atlanta’s underworld.
Available Editions
EDITION | Hardcover |
ISBN | 9781668056271 |
PRICE | $28.00 (USD) |
PAGES | 272 |
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Featured Reviews

Gone Girl meets P-Valley in this debut adult thriller from NYT bestseller Nic Stone. (Her description of the book, but it’s apt)
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Lucky and Lyriq were the dream team at Boom Town, an infamous Black strip club in Atlanta. But one day Lyriq pulls away from their partnership, both on and off the pole, and then Lucky disappears. Months later a new girl comes to audition for Lyriq, the new hiring manager of the club, and she reminds her so much for Lucky, she’s hired immediately…only to go missing a few weeks later, eerily similar to Lucky. Lyriq can’t let it go this time and goes on a mission to find out what happened to the two women and if local regular, Thomas McIntyre, had anything to do with it.
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I can’t rave about this book enough! This is a departure from Stone’s MG & YA masterpieces, but I think we have a new thriller author superstar with Boom Town. I read it in one sitting—I was captivated. So many issues were highlighted in this story that will generate lots of discussions such as social commentary of racial and sexual power dynamics, the invisibility of Black women, and the societal judgments placed on professions deemed “unsavory”. I would LOVE if this gets turned into a movie! If you have an adult book club consider this pick when it releases October 14!
CW: human trafficking, violence, r*pe, s*xual assault, blood, emesis, pregnancy, s*x work, racial slurs, racism, alcohol, cancer, medical trauma, physical assault, adoption, death, car accident, adult/minor relationship, abortion, adultery
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