The Doorman by Chris Pavone

This month we are reading The Doorman by Chris Pavone and will be meeting @5:30 at the back patio of Brass Bear located in the Funk Zone. There is a parking lot right behind it for easy parking.

The Doorman by Chris Pavone is a 2025 thriller about Chicky Diaz, a doorman at a prestigious NYC apartment building, who becomes entangled in the secrets, class divides, and potential violence among the wealthy residents and the city's unrest outside. The novel explores themes of privilege, class, and crime, following multiple characters, including a wealthy woman trapped in her marriage and the doorman's own criminal connections, as their lives collide during a volatile night in the city. It's praised as a timely, twisty, and suspenseful social satire