The Blackest Bird
New York, the sweltering summer of 1841: Mary Rogers, a beautiful counter girl at a popular Manhattan tobacco shop, is found brutally murdered in the Hudson River. John Colt, scion of the firearm fortune, beats his publisher to death with a hatchet. And young Irish gang leader Tommy Coleman is accused of killing his daughter, his wife, and his wife's former lover. Charged with solving it all is High Constable Jacob Hays, the city's first detective. Capping a long and distinguished career, Hays's investigation will involve gang wars, grave robbers, and clues hidden in poems by that master of dark tales, Edgar Allan Poe.
With a multilayered plot and rich, terse prose, The Blackest Bird is both a gripping mystery and…
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August 20, 2010
Joel Rose founded the literary magazine Between C&D. His previous books include Kill the Poor, Kill Kill Faster Faster, and the urban historical New York Sawed in Half. He lives in New York City.
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