Maggie Moor - Skinless - Psychological crime noir - Charmay: New York Noir— Specs
Skinless: The Story of a Female Survivor
Maggie Moor
Identity fractures. Survival is an art. Redemption isn’t what you think.
SKINLESS — SPECS
Logline
1999 NYC, Lower East Side.
A singer masks her “skinless” vulnerability behind a glittering alter ego to navigate the margins of street life—
until the persona begins to destroy her.
Skinless is a brutally raw thriller exploring art, identity, and the shadows we carry. Moves with the tension of crime noir and the raw interior intimacy of literary fiction—
a subversion of the femme fatale into something raw, intimate, and fiercely human.
Overview
Skinless is an x-ray of the things we hide—and the art that speaks through us.
An unfiltered voice inside the mind of a woman living in the margins of society after childhood abuse, teenage homelessness, and present time family rejection.
Voice
Interior. Stream-of-consciousness.
Several psychological perspectives occurring simultaneously inside one person, on the page.
For Readers Who Like
Psychological Crime Noir • Gut-raw urban trauma narratives
Details
Series: Charmay: New York Noir
Title: Skinless: The Story of a Female Survivor
Edition: Second Edition — Writer’s Edit (Expanded & Revised)
Setting: 1999–2001 Lower East Side, NYC
Formats
Hardcover • Paperback • eBook
Publication
eBook: Oct 22, 2025
Print: Nov 12, 2025
Length: 350 pages
ISBN / Pricing
Hardcover: 979-8-9931212-3-9 — $27.99
Trade Paperback: 979-8-9931212-2-2 — $18.99
ePub: 979-8-9931212-4-6 — $5.99
Publisher & Distribution
Pearl of Peace Publishing
Distributed by Ingram (iPage)
Returnable • 55% trade discount
Multimedia
Series
Charmay: New York Noir — standalone
Edition
Second Edition — Writer’s Edit (Expanded & Revised, Nov 2025)
Music
Skinless: Songs from the Book
Jazz-noir and downtempo, featuring Kenny Rampton and Eddie Ojeda
Inside the Story
A 9-part Substack series
Critical Praise
“A deeply moving, deliciously weighty work of fiction.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Moor’s poetic, stream-of-consciousness prose drops readers directly into the mind…
her gifts for introspection and observation make her the perfect lynchpin for the author’s subversion.
Those who surrender to the flow will be rewarded.”
— Kirkus Reviews
“A must-read… stark, unsentimental prose.” — IndieReader
“Uncomfortable, occasionally overwhelming, and undeniably powerful… a portrait of survival that doesn’t sanitize the mess.” — BookLife by Publishers Weekly
“Street poetry… lush, sensual language and a heroine’s raw will to live.” — Benjamin Welton, Foreword
“A humane, unsparing portrait—wringing hope from the streets of 1990s New York City.” — Danielle Ballantyne, Foreword
4.6★ on Goodreads (30+ reviews)
From Readers
“This is different… a writing style that pulls you directly inside the protagonist’s mind.”
— Louise Gray, NetGalley / Goodreads
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“Moor’s prose has a lyrical, poetic flow… with the New York City grit of Jim Carroll.”
— David H.K., Goodreads
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“Maggie Moor has a voice unlike any I’ve encountered—both hip and illuminating.”
— Kate Lardner, author
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“Quirky, singular… Language so original it vanishes words as we know them… Skinless is a stunner.”
— Stacey Donovan, editor
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“Written in the first person… a style that grabs you inside the protagonist’s mind—different and original.”
— Vincent J. Wallace, author
BOOKSELLERS.
Connect
Behind Charmay New York Noir: Maggie Moor
Dark psychological noir from a writer shaped by performance, investigation, and psychoanalysis.
Maggie Moor is a psychoanalyst, author, fitness competitor, and recording artist. Her work centers on trauma, addiction, and fractured identity—bringing street‑poetry prose, layered timelines, and sharp psychological insight to Charmay: New York Noir.
The Series
CHARMAY: NEW YORK NOIR
The hunter is haunted—
and the line between performance and self becomes a war for the soul.
A dark psychological noir rooted in the NYC underground—
where music, money, and memory collide in a visceral descent.
As paranoia and control unfold, the lines blur
between film and life, witness and perpetrator.
Not just the hustle—
the fracture.
How people split, dissociate, and fight to come back to themselves.
A Book & Music Cycle
Each standalone novel is paired with a companion album.
An arc of a singer reclaiming her mind, body, and narrative
in the shadows of the city.
Skinless: Works Cited
A curated archive of the texts and references woven through Skinless.