Coming in March 2025

No. 10 Doyers Street: A woman journalist from India becomes involved in the case of a Chinatown gangster in 1907 New York.

Early praise for No. 10 Doyers Street

  • Radha Vatsal has crafted a crackerjack mystery set in early-1900s New York City. Trailblazing journalist Archana Morley has both the strength and sensitivity to cut to the truth in this fast-paced tale that illuminates the history of Asian immigrants in Chinatown.”

    Sujata Massey
    Internationally bestselling author of The Widows of Malabar Hill 

  • Vatsal’s skill as not only a historian, but a crafter of gripping and character-driven mysteries, are in full effect...as readers are guided through the streets of a lost New York from the perspective of an Indian journalist embroiled in a real-world underworld caper. Pitch perfectly accurate and enthralling, I was rapt until the last page.”

    Alex Segura
    Bestselling and acclaimed author of Secret Identity and Alter Ego

  • Gripping and vibrantly original. Radha Vatsal has a gift for unearthing those seemingly small moments that change the course of history. Both a brilliant tale of the plot to destroy New York City's Chinatown and a heartbreaking courtroom drama, No. 10 Doyers Street is a fresh, unforgettable look at 1900s New York.”

    Mariah Fredericks
    Author of The Wharton Plot

  • New York City history buffs rejoice! Radha Vatsal has wonderfully captured 1900s Chinatown, breathing life into the complicated character of gangster Mock Duck. Gentrification, mixed-race identity and discrimination against immigrants are all evergreen issues that come to light through Vatsal’s protagonist, a South Asian female journalist.”

    Naomi Hirahara
    Edgar and Mary Higgins Clark award-winning author of the Mas Arai mysteries and the best-selling Japantown mysteries

  • Radha Vatsal’s riveting story of early 1900s Chinatown will pin you to your seat. Her deft writing has rendered legendary gangster Mock Duck an empathetic character. Vatsal’s intrepid journalist narrator uses wit and pen to stride through prejudice and red tape, and pulls along the reader to find what we’re all looking for: The truth.”

    Ed Lin
    Author of Ghost Month and David Tung Can’t Have a Girlfriend Until He Gets Into an Ivy League College

Radha Vatsal, Author & Essayist

Portrait by Juliette Conroy

Radha Vatsal is the author of No. 10 Doyers Street (coming March 2025), and the Kitty Weeks mystery novels set in World War I-era New York.

Her essays have appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, The LA Review of Books, CrimeReads, and more.

Overlooked No More: Hansa Mehta, Who Fought for Women’s Equality in India and Beyond

Recently published in The New York Times

“Overlooked No More: Hansa Mehta, Who Fought for Women’s Equality in India and Beyond” by Radha Vatsal

Attend upcoming appearances or see and hear Radha Vatsal discuss her books and essays in podcast, radio, or TV interviews.

CBC’s IDEAS

Coming soon:

Radha discusses her work in an interview on CBC’s IDEAS.

A Front Page Affair by Radha Vatsal

Experience World War I-era New York with reporter-turned-investigator, Kitty Weeks.