In the Shadow of Gotham: 1 (Detective Simon Ziele 1)

Dobson New York 1905.. Detective Simon Ziele lost his fiancée in the General Slocum ferry disaster―a thousand perished on that summer day in 1904 when an onboard fire burned the boat down in the waters of the East River. Still reeling from the tragedy Ziele transferred to a police department north of New York to escape the city and all the memories it conjured. . But only a few months into his new life in a quiet country town hes faced with the most shocking homicide of his career to date: Young Sarah Wingate has been brutally murdered in her own bedroom in the middle of an otherwise calm and quiet winter afternoon. After just one day of investigation Simons contacted by Columbia Universitys noted criminologist Alistair Sinclair who offers a startling claim about one of his patients Michael Fromley―that the facts of the murder bear an uncanny resemblance to Fromleys deranged mutterings.. But what would have led Fromley with his history of violent behavior and brutal fantasies to seek out Sarah a notable mathematics student and a proper young lady who has little in common with his previous targets? Is Fromley really a murderer or is someone mimicking him?. This is what Simon Ziele must find out with the help of the brilliant but self-interested Alistair Sinclair―before the killer strikes again.. With this taut atmospheric and original story of a haunted man who must search for a killer while on the run from his own demons Stefanie Pintoffs In the Shadow of Gotham marks the debut of an outstanding new talent the inaugural winner of the Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America Best First Crime Novel Competition.. In the Shadow of Gotham is the winner of the 2010 Edgar Award for Best First Novel.