Assisting New York's highest police official during the winter of 1808, middle-aged doctor Pieter Tonneman finds the roots of a gruesome murder in city government corruption, until his family becomes the focus of a killer's deadly attentions.
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Old New York is burning--. The year is 1864. On muddy battlefields from Virginia to Mississippi, young men are dying under the Confederate and Union banners. And in the streets of New York City, teeming with immigrants and dandies, tycoons and petty criminals, are eight men who a...
A historical mystery set in 17th Century New York whose protagonist is Pieter Tonneman, sheriff of the island. A killer is ritually slaughtering animals and there is a rumor of Jewish witchcraft. Tonneman must find the killer before people turn on the Jews, of whom his wife is on...
"A pleasing variety of Manhattan neighborhoods come to life in Block's solid anthology. . . . The writing is of a high order and a nice mix of styles. " - Publishers Weekly New York City's main borough becomes the centerpiece for a collection of noir tales that celebrates i...
Our dark past brought to life by leading contemporary crime writers A new generation of crime writers has broadened the genre of crime fiction, creating more human stories of historical realism, with a stronger emphasis on character and the psychology of crime. This superb antho...
Madeline Fraser, radio talk show host extraordinaire, had a natural dread of dead air. So when one of her on-air guests signed off at the mike after drinking a glass of a sponsor's beverage, it was a broadcaster's nightmare come true. Enter Nero Wolfe. He agrees to take the case,...