A diverse group of New Yorkers are brought together by the search for a missing woman in this electric novel of secrets, connection, and community.

Brooklyn, 2020. Theo Harper and his pregnant wife, Darla, head upstate to their summer cottage to wait out the lockdown. Not everyone in their upscale Park Slope building has this privilege: not Xavier, the teenager in the Cardi B T-shirt, nor Darlas best friend, Ruby, and her partner, Katsumi, who stay behind to save their Michelin-starred restaurant.

During an upstate hike on the aptly named Devils Path, Theo divulges a long-held secretand when Darla disappears after the ensuing argument, he finds himself the prime suspect. As Darla’s and Theo’s families and friends come together to search for her, with Ruby and Katsumi stepping in to broker peace, past and present collide with startling consequences.

Set against thepulse of an ever-changing city,The Rich People Have Gone Awayconnects the lives of ordinary New Yorkers to tell a powerful story of hope, love, and inequity in our timeswhile reminding us that no one leaves the past behind completely.