TY - BOOK AU - Hirsch,Paddy TI - Hudson's kill SN - 9780765399168 PY - 2019/// CY - New York PB - Forge KW - Murder KW - Investigation KW - Fiction KW - Racially mixed people KW - New York (N.Y.) KW - History KW - 1775-1865 KW - Thrillers (Fiction) KW - lcgft KW - Historical fiction N1 - "A Tom Doherty Associates book."; "A Justice Flanagan thriller"--Cover; Map on endpapers N2 - Set in 1803 New York, Hudson's Kill is the riveting next historical thriller from NPR reporter and producer Paddy Hirsch, perfect for fans of The Alienist and Gangs of New York. New York in 1803 is rife with tension as the city expands, and whoever knows where the city will build can control it. And violence builds as a mysterious provocateur pits the city's black and Irish gangs against each other. When a young black girl is found stabbed to death, both Justy Flanagan, now a City Marshal, and Kerry O'Toole, now a school teacher, decide separately to go after the killer. They each find their way to a shadowy community on the fringes of the growing city, where they uncover a craven political conspiracy bound up with a criminal enterprise that is stunning in its depravity ER -