A Deadly Fortune

✍ Scribed by Stacie Murphy

• Publisher: Pegasus Books; Pegasus Crime
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: EN-US
• Weight: 180 KB
• Edition: First Pegasus Books edition
• Category: Fiction
• City: New York (N.Y.), New York (State)--New York.
• ISBN: 1643136313

✦ Synopsis

A historical mystery in the vein of The Alienist , in which a young woman in Gilded Age New York must use a special talent to unravel a deadly conspiracy.
Amelia Matthew has done the all-but-impossible, especially for an orphan in Gilded Age New York City. Along with her foster brother Jonas, she has parleyed her modest psychic talent into a safe and comfortable life. But safety and comfort vanish when a head injury leaves Amelia with a dramatically-expanded gift. After she publicly channels an angry spirit, she finds herself imprisoned in the notorious insane asylum on Blackwell's Island. As Jonas searches for a way to free her, Amelia struggles to control her disturbing new abilities and survive a place where cruelty and despair threaten her sanity.

Andrew Cavanaugh is familiar with despair. In the wake of a devastating loss, he abandons a promising medical career--and his place in Philadelphia society--to devote himself to the study and treatment of...

✦ Subjects

New York (State) -- New York