The skill with which Ellen Horan has braided true crime with thoughtful novelizing is pure pleasure. . . . Caleb Carr meets Scott Turow. What could possibly be better? Beverly Swerling, author ofCity of GodAn impressive blend of imagination and history as it vividly brings to life one of New Yorks Citys most notorious crimes."e; Ron Rash,New York Timesbestselling author ofSerenaAt once a gripping mystery and a richly detailed excavation of a lost age,31 Bond Streetis a spellbinding tale of murder, sex, greed, and politics in 1857 New York. Author Ellen Horan interweaves fact and fictionreimagining the sensational nineteenth-century brutal murder that rocked the city a few short years before the Civil War ripped through the fabric of the nation, while transporting readers back to a time that eerily echoes our own.Though there are no clues to the slaying of wealthy Dr. Harvey Burdell, suspicion quickly falls on Emma Cunningham, the refined, pale-skinned widow who managed his house and servants. An ambitious district attorney seeks a swift conviction, but defense attorney Henry Clinton is a formidable obstaclea man firmly committed to justice and the law, and to the cause of a frightened, vulnerable woman desperately trying to save herself from the gallows.Fans of Caleb CarrsThe Alienist, Edith WhartonsThe House of Myrth, and John BerendtsMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evilwill love the stunning prose and beautiful imagery of this riveting novel.
| ISBN: | 9780061969379 |
| Publication date: | 30th March 2010 |
| Author: | Horan, Ellen |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins |
| Format: | Ebook (Epub) |
| Primary Genre | Historical Fiction |
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