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Who killed Dr. Harvey Burdell? . Thoughthere are no witnesses and no clues fingers point to Emma Cunninghamthe refined pale-skinned widow who managed Burdell''s house and hisservants. Rumored to be a black-hearted gold digger with designs on thedoctor''s name and fortune Emma is immediately put under house arrestduring a murder investigation. A swift conviction is sure to catapultflamboyant district attorney Abraham Oakey Hall into the mayor''s seat.But one formidable obstacle stands in his way: the defense attorneyHenry Clinton. Committed to justice and the law Clinton will aid thevulnerable widow in her desperate fight to save herself from thegallows. . Set in 1857 New York this gripping mystery is also arichly detailed excavation of a lost age. Horan vividly re-creates atumultuous era characterized by a sensationalist press aggressive newwealth a booming real-estate market corruption racial conflicteconomic inequality between men and women and the erosion of the oldcodes of behavior. A tale of murder sex greed and politics thisspellbinding narrative transports readers to a time that eerily echoesour own.