POP!
by Angel Luis Colón
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Pub Date 18 Aug 2026 | Archive Date 27 Aug 2026
Ruadán Books | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles
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Description
"POP! is a stunning exploration of ambition and drive...in the capable hands of Angel Luis Colón, it becomes an existential journey not to be missed." ―S.A. Cosby, bestselling author of King of Ashes
POP! delivers a deliciously dark and funny organized crime thriller for every assistant who’s wished they could take out their incompetent boss, perfect for fans of the wry comedy of Elle Cosimano’s Finlay Donovan is Killing It and the facetious darkness of Oyinkan Braithwaite’s My Sister, the Serial Killer.
"…at that moment, all I could see was a crown perched precariously on her head. All I had to do was reach out and grab it.”
Poppy Leathers has two work lives.
The job everyone knows she has: manager to art influencer extraordinaire Jason Tasker. The other job: assistant to Brooklyn’s premier artisanal hitman, Atticus Garcia.
Two different worlds, all the same crap.
Undervalued and constantly taken for granted, Poppy reaches her breaking point when her art boss decides he’s desperate to adopt a baby―by any means necessary―and her hitman boss has fallen into an ennui that has left him ready to retire―a major health hazard for anyone with her institutional knowledge.
What’s a burned-out, bright-eyed sociopath to do but lock in and grind her way further up the ladder?
Taking advantage of her bosses’ lack of common sense and judgement, Poppy begins to politick her way into a solution that will push her into the stratosphere of the hipster crime world―but ambition can only get her so far. When a charismatic Coney Island cheesemonger named Amity careens into the middle of her schemes, Poppy Leathers will need to decide what is truly important… before she finds herself on the wrong side of the gun.
A chaotic journey into a hyper-stylized Brooklyn crime world, POP! is a fable for the overworked and overambitious.
A Note From the Publisher
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Advance Praise
“POP! is a stunning exploration of ambition and drive… in the capable hands of Angel Luis Colón, it becomes an existential journey not to be missed.” —S.A. Cosby, bestselling author of King of Ashes
“POP! brings Colón back to his roots, crackling with sharp noir energy and the grit and laughs folks have come to expect from him. POP! is twisted, fun, dark, and loaded with heart.” —Alex Segura, bestselling author of Daredevil: Enemy of My Enemy, Alter Ego, and Secret Identity
“As witty as it is vicious, POP! reads like The Devil Wears Prada and Layer Cake got into a gunfight that left them both too bloody to be distinguishable from each other. This is a grimly fun and uncompromising crime thriller.” —Johnny Compton, Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of The Spite House and Dead First
“POP! Is Angel Luis Colón at his best—sparse, noir-infused prose that lingers long after it’s been read, an atmospheric New York City that’s lovingly told even as Colón strips it of its illusion, and entirely unpredictable characters. Poppy, his latest protagonist, is a wonderful creation—jaded, hard, and ambitious, and yet somehow endearing. This is a book no other writer could create, and nobody writes like Angel Luis Colón.” —E.A. Aymar, author of When She Left
“I would do anything for Poppy Leathers. I would die for her. I would read a thousand books about her and still beg for more.” —Libby Cudmore, award-winning author of Negative Girl and The Big Rewind
“POP! is the kind of crime novel you didn’t know you need: a hot blend of imagination and suspense, all led by a protagonist with an unhinged passion for winning at whatever she puts her mind to. This time it's crime.” —Errick Nunnally, author of The Queen of Saturn and The Prince In Exile, and the Alexander Smith series
“From the face slap of the very first line, Colón hooks you into a masterclass of pacing and snappy, often hilarious dialogue. Poppy Leathers isn’t exactly a nice person, but she’s one hell of a ride in this gritty story that features Brooklyn as you’ve (hopefully) never experienced it before.” —Jeff Somers, author of Five Funerals: Choose Your Own Perilous Path and the Avery Cates series
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781968143084 |
| PRICE | $16.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 473 |