Murder in the Bowery

✍ Scribed by Thompson, Victoria E

• Book ID: 100671958
• Publisher: Berkley Books; Berkley Prime Crime
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 150 KB
• Series: Gaslight mystery 19
• Edition: First edition
• Category: Fiction
• City: New York (State)--New York.
• ISBN: 110198712X

✦ Synopsis

Frank Malloy s latest client is the well-dressed Will Bert. He s searching for his brother, a newsboy named Freddie, so he can share his new financial good fortune. Frank makes quick work of the case and locates Freddie, but a happy reunion between brothers is not in the cards.

When Will's name is mentioned, Freddie runs off only to be found dead a short time later. Suspicious, Frank tracks down Will who spins a tale of lust and deceit involving a young society woman, Estelle Longacre, also recently deceased. Frank can t be sure if Estelle's risky behavior and the company she kept was to blame, or if her own ruthless family had a hand in her death.

Frank will need Sarah s help to unearth the dark secrets of the wealthy Longacres and to discover if there is a connection between Estelle and Freddie s death. Together they must navigate a perilous underground web of treachery to find the truth.

✦ Subjects

New York (State) -- New York