Fool's Gold — Rosanne Limoncelli

Set in New York City in the autumn of 1980, Fool's Gold is the story of twenty-year-old Nina Esposito. No family of her own, and yearning to fit in somewhere, Nina takes a new restaurant job where she uncovers clues about the father she never knew. When one of the bartenders is murdered, Nina can't walk away even though she knows she may be in danger.