In 1977, Tomás Ibarra signed his soul away in an office on a floor that didn't exist yet. The terms were patient. The creditor never forgets.

Decades later in Jackson Heights, Queens, Sal Vega works the cases no precinct will touch. Part detective, part espiritista, he operates out of the neighborhood's botánicas and barrooms, settling accounts between the living and the things that collect from them. When the Ibarra contract comes due, Sal is pulled into a case where every clue leads back to a man in a gray suit - the most patient creditor in existence - and a debt written in warm cream paper long before Sal was born.

To break the contract, Sal will have to navigate spirits, old-country rites, and the city's own buried arrangements - and learn what he's willing to owe.

The Lucero Contract is a supernatural noir set beneath the elevated trains of Queens - a story of family, faith, and the fine print on a soul.