When the fiancée of a crime boss turns up dead in a rival’s warehouse, who can they ask to investigate? No one claims to know what the victim was doing there, and the murder threatens a civil war. The only option is to call for Emma, the daughter of both families, to assist Nightshade, an eccentric
Death in Manhattan: A Nightshade Crime Thriller (Emma & Nightshade Mystery Series Book 2)
✍ Scribed by Peter Jay Black
- Book ID
- 110588924
- Publisher
- Oakbridge
- Year
- 2022
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 396 KB
- Series
- Emma & Nightshade Mystery Series Book 2
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781838053574
- ASIN
- B09FFXJ4KQ
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✦ Synopsis
The body:
When someone murders New York’s leading crime boss, despite him being surrounded by advanced security, the event throws the underworld into chaos. Before anyone can figure out how the killer did it, he dies under mysterious circumstances and takes his secret to the grave.
The sleuths:
Emma’s uncle asks her to check out the crime scene, but she’s reluctant to get involved, especially after the traumatic events back in London.
The investigation:
However, with Nightshade’s unique brand of encouragement, they figure out how the killer reached one of the most protected men in the world. Their lives are then complicated further when another member of the Syndicate is murdered, seemingly by the hands of the same deceased perpetrator.
The stakes:
Emma and Nightshade now find themselves in way over their heads, caught up in a race against time, trying to solve clues and expose a web of deception, but will they be quick enough to stop a war?
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