A crime of secrets : a Donner & Longstreet mystery /
Aptaker, Ann,
A crime of secrets : a Donner & Longstreet mystery / Donner and Longstreet mystery Ann Aptaker. - Bywater Books first edition - 251 pages ; 22 cm - A Donner & Longstreet mystery ; [book 1] .
"New York City, 1899--a city on the cusp of a new century. A city growing taller, faster, a city of new inventions, new ideas--and old dangers on its shadowy streets where crime, misery, and murder lurk. When Pauline Godfrey, a young woman embodying the coming modern age, is viciously murdered, her throat cut, private inquiry agents Finola "Fin" Donner and Devorah Longstreet must navigate a world of violence and passion, lust and betrayal, where duty is twisted into bitter obedience and love is soiled. Fin, a tough survivor of the dockside slums, and her beloved companion, the elegant, intellectual socialite Devorah, probe deep into the festering secrets of a family, the rot and corruption of the police department, and the sinister world of the city's thieves, whores, and thugs to find the killer" -- Page 4 of cover.
9781612942698 1612942695
Police corruption--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Family secrets--Fiction.
New York (N.Y.)--19th century--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
A crime of secrets : a Donner & Longstreet mystery / Donner and Longstreet mystery Ann Aptaker. - Bywater Books first edition - 251 pages ; 22 cm - A Donner & Longstreet mystery ; [book 1] .
"New York City, 1899--a city on the cusp of a new century. A city growing taller, faster, a city of new inventions, new ideas--and old dangers on its shadowy streets where crime, misery, and murder lurk. When Pauline Godfrey, a young woman embodying the coming modern age, is viciously murdered, her throat cut, private inquiry agents Finola "Fin" Donner and Devorah Longstreet must navigate a world of violence and passion, lust and betrayal, where duty is twisted into bitter obedience and love is soiled. Fin, a tough survivor of the dockside slums, and her beloved companion, the elegant, intellectual socialite Devorah, probe deep into the festering secrets of a family, the rot and corruption of the police department, and the sinister world of the city's thieves, whores, and thugs to find the killer" -- Page 4 of cover.
9781612942698 1612942695
Police corruption--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Family secrets--Fiction.
New York (N.Y.)--19th century--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.