City of Liars and Thieves: A Novel

City of Liars and Thieves: A Novel

A crime that rocked a city. A case that stunned a nation. Based on the United Statesâ€™ first recorded murder trial, Eve Karlinâ€™s spellbinding debut novel re-creates early nineteenth-century New York City, where a love affair ends in a brutal murder and a conspiracy involving Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr erupts in shattering violence.
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It is high time to tell the truth. Time for justice. . . . How she was murdered and why she haunts me. It is not only Elmaâ€™s story, itâ€™s mine.
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On the bustling docks of the Hudson River, Catherine Ring waits with her husband and children for the ship carrying her cousin, Elma Sands. Their Greenwich Street boardinghouse becomes a haven for Elma, who has at last escaped the stifling confines of her small hometown and the shameful circumstances of her birth. But in the summer of 1799, Manhattan remains a teeming cesspool of stagnant swamps and polluted rivers. The city is desperate for clean water as fires wreak devastation and the death toll from yellow fever surges.
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Political tensions are rising, too. Itâ€™s an election year, and Alexander Hamilton is hungry for power. So is his rival, Aaron Burr, who has announced the formation of the Manhattan Water Company. But their private struggle becomes very public when the body of Elma Sands is found at the bottom of a city well built by Burrâ€™s company.
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Resolved to see justice done, Catherine becomes both witness and avenger. She soon finds, however, that the shocking truth behind this trial has nothing to do with guilt or innocence.

Praise for City of Liars and Thieves
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â€œGracefully written with exquisitely drawn, convincing characters, this is one of those rare historical novels that hit not one false note. City of Liars and Thieves offers a compelling tale of romance and intrigue, set in a fascinating era of Manhattanâ€™s tumultuous past.â€â€”Leslie Wells, bestselling author of Come Dancing
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â€œA tense, revelatory tale of a case lost to time, City of Liars and Thieves lifts the veil of a great cityâ€™s dark and intricate past and brings it to life for a new generation.â€â€”Rebecca Coleman, author of The Kingdom of Childhood

â€œCity of Liars and Thieves is both a historical murder mystery and the tragic story of a vulnerable woman snared in the ambition of New Yorkâ€™s most powerful men. Eve Karlin captivates at every step with a nuanced narrator, right-here-and-now details, and steadily mounting dread. But itâ€™s the twist ending that leaves us gasping, like the narrator, with the vertigo of disillusionment and a craving for justice.â€â€”Maia Chance, author of Snow White Red-Handed

â€œIn this absorbing tale of lust, greed, and scandal set in postcolonial New York City, Eve Karlin is as adept at conjuring the yellow-fever-ridden streets of eighteenth-century Manhattan as she is at creating characters whose motives and yearnings feel timeless. I couldnâ€™t tear myself away.â€â€”Suzanne Chazin, author of Land of Careful Shadows

â€œBoth suspenseful and emotional . . . Karlin does a great job weaving together her fictional accounts with actual historical ones.â€â€”No More Grumpy Bookseller
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â€œPrecisely my sort of mystery: full of history and great writing . . . definitely not to be missed!â€â€”Bibliophilia, Please
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â€œA well-researched, minutely plotted piece of work that will appeal to lovers of historical crime set in the New World.â€â€”Crime Fiction Lover
Country USA
Author Eve Karlin
Binding Kindle Edition
EISBN 9781101883051
Format Kindle eBook
Label Alibi
Manufacturer Alibi
NumberOfPages 259
PublicationDate 2015-01-13
Publisher Alibi
ReleaseDate 2015-01-13
Studio Alibi

Country	USA
Author	Eve Karlin
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781101883051
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Alibi
Manufacturer	Alibi
NumberOfPages	259
PublicationDate	2015-01-13
Publisher	Alibi
ReleaseDate	2015-01-13
Studio	Alibi

City of Liars and Thieves: A Novel

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