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Reformed gangster Jack Robinson is working hard to bolster his image in Gilded Age New York City society as he prepares to become a new father. But when Hayden Norcross, the man who nearly ruined his wife, is shot in cold blood, Jack knows the police will soon come knocking on his door. Frank Malloy has to agree—things don’t look good for Jack. But surely a man as unlikeable as Hayden had more than a few enemies. And it’s soon clear that plenty of the upper echelon as well as the denizens of the most squalid areas of the city seem to have hated him.
Sarah and Frank have their work cut out for them. As the daughter of the elite Decker family, Sarah has access to the social circles Hayden frequented, and the more she learns about his horrific treatment of women, the more disturbed she becomes. And as Frank investigates, he finds that Hayden had a host of unsavory habits that may have hastened his demise. But who finally killed him? Sarah and Frank must put the pieces together quickly before time runs out and Jack’s hard-won new life and family are ripped apart.
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March 1, 2021
A married detective duo's latest inquiry takes them to every stratum of society, from the very top to the very dregs. Sarah Malloy, a midwife from a society family, has married Frank, a former police officer who inherited a great deal of money but works as a private detective to stave off boredom. Sarah has helped arrange a marriage between Jack Robinson and pregnant society lady Jocelyn, whose parents sent her to Sarah's clinic after she was raped in hopes of hiding the birth. Jack, who dabbles in illegal activities, hires Frank to look into the murder of Jocelyn's rapist, Hayden Norcross, the worthless scion of a wealthy family of investment bankers, before the police start looking too closely at Jack himself. Since the assault, Hayden had been forced to marry Violet Andriessen, whom he had also raped and treated abominably, creating suspects in her brother and father, although her parents seem more concerned about society's judgment than the legal system's. While Frank mingles with the upper class with his well-connected father-in-law, Sarah and her mother pick up gossip that indicates that Hayden was even more depraved than they knew. Hayden's mother, desperate for a grandchild, takes Violet under her wing while the two families squabble about her dowry, which her bridegroom spent. After Hayden's father becomes the next victim, Sarah, Frank and their crime-solving helpers must use their every skill to untangle a skein of lies and deceit. The charms and horrors of early-20th-century New York on full display.COPYRIGHT(2021) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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