EDITORIAL REVIEW: Dobson, New York, 1905. Detective Simon Ziele lost his fiancée in the General Slocum ferry disastera thousand perished on that summer day in 1904 when an onboard fire burned the boat down in the waters of the East River. Still reeling from the tragedy, Ziele transf
In the Shadow of Gotham
✍ Scribed by Stefanie Pintoff
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- en-GB
- Weight
- 184 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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✦ Synopsis
At the dawn of the twentieth century, a deranged killer is on the prowl.New York, 1905.After losing his fiancee in the General Slocum ferry disaster, Detective Simon Ziele transferred to a country town north of Manhattan in the hope of escaping his grief. But only months later he's faced with the shocking murder of a young girl - battered to death in her bedroom on a cold winter's afternoon.And when Alistair Sinclair, one of Columbia University's most noted criminologists learns about the case, he realises it bears an uncanny resemblance to the deranged mutterings of one his research subjects. Ziele must work with Sinclair to determine whether his patient - with a terrifying history of violent behaviour and brutal fantasies - did indeed seek out this innocent young victim ... before the vicious murderer strikes again.In the Shadow of Gotham tells the atmospheric and gripping tale of a haunted man who must search for a killer, while on the run from his own demons ...
✦ Subjects
Mysteries
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