โ Scribed by Stefanie Pintoff
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Starred Review. Pintoff's debut, winner of the first Minotaur Books/MWA Best First Crime Novel award, will remind many of Caleb Carr at his best. The wreck of the steamship General Slocum in 1904 cost Det. Simon Ziele of the New York City police both his fiancรฉe and the full use of his right arm. In response to those losses, Ziele has abandoned big-city policing for the quiet dullness of Dobson, a town in Westchester County, but a brutal murder interrupts his retreat from the world. Someone slashes and bludgeons to death Sarah Wingate, a Columbia mathematics graduate student whose brilliance evoked jealousy in her peers, in her home under circumstances that resemble the notorious murders of Lizzie Borden's parents. Ziele's investigation is soon co-opted by Alistair Sinclair, a student of criminology who's convinced he knows the culprit's identity. The period detail, characterizations and plotting are all top-notch, and Ziele has enough depth to carry a series. (May)
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Advance Praise for *In the Shadow of Gotham
The first winner of the Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Competition nicely contrasts academic theorizing with the reality of police detection set against the backdrop of a vividly depicted turn-of-the-century Gotham. Recommend to readers who enjoy historicals of this period, such as Caleb Carr s The Alienist and Ann Stamos s Bitter Tide.
--Library Journal (starred review)
Pintoff excavates a rich vein of early criminology... She also delivers a gripping detective story... Great for dexterous plotting and for New York atmosphere at the turn of the last century.
--Booklist
What a fabulous first novel... Pintoff s fascinating historical mystery has believable multidimensional characters... The mystery is original and carefully planned.
--Romantic Times
Congratulations to Stefanie Pintoff on this outstanding debut novel! An appealing character, terrific suspense, and skillful interweaving of historical detail make In the Shadow of Gotham a winner.
--Marcia Muller, author of *Burn Out
"Stefanie Pintoff captures time and place expertly while displaying the procedures and challenges of police work at the dawn of a new age in forensics in this fine first novel. In The Shadow of Gotham _will fascinate and educate even as it holds the reader in the suspense of a good mystery. That's a special package."
--Michael Koryta author of _Envy the Night*
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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 sh
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Dobson, New York, 1905. Detective Simon Ziele lost his fiancรฉe in the General Slocum ferry disasterยa 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
Detective Simon Ziele lost his fianceรฉ in the wreck of the General Slocum and shortly thereafter headed to Westchester County to escape the violence of the city. But just a few months into his tenure, he catches the worst homicide of his career: a young woman is brutally murdered in her own bedroom
Dobson, New York,ย 1905.Detective Simon Ziele lost his fiancรฉe in the General Slocum ferry disasterโa 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 transferred to a police department north
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Dobson, New York, 1905. Detective Simon Ziele lost his fiancรฉe in the General Slocum ferry disasterยa 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
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Dobson, New York, 1905. Detective Simon Ziele lost his fiancรฉe in the General Slocum ferry disasterยa 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