Detective Simon Ziele In the Shadow of Gotham, Book 1, (Paperback)

from TerryWeyna

Stefanie Pintoff has just won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author for In the Shadow of Gotham, and it is a well-deserved win. This historical mystery, set in the very early 20th century, is in many ways about new crime investigation techniques just being born: fingerprintin...

from pharrm

Great adventure into 1905, the politics and time. A murder involves a local policeman who has left NYC becuase of the Gen'l Slocum disaster. A woman is murdered and he investigates with added help from Alistair Sinclair, of Columbia U., who assists him in early crime detection. He finds help from...

from thornton37814

In this book featuring Detective Simon Zeale, a murder has occurred in the small town north of New York City where he is now working, having moved there from the larger city's detective squad. He is soon approached by criminology professor Alistair Sinclair who tells him he knows who the murderer...

from miyurose

I saw Pintoff's books recommended in an article by Jason Pinter, and knew immediately that I had to add them to my wish list. This was an entertaining depiction of turn-of-the-century investigation, where one often had to rely more upon luck than physical evidence. Not only do we see the earliest...

from huntersun9

This was just okay. Not a bad story line, but very simply written, with no great depth or character development. I looked forward to becoming immersed in the Victorian era, but aside from an occasional reference to a push-cart or other prop, the story could have taken place in any time period (di...