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The Blackest Bird: A Novel of Murder in Nineteenth Century New York

The Blackest Bird: A Novel of Murder in Nineteenth Century New York

by JRose (Author)

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    Paperback 2008

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Synopsis

In the sweltering summer of 1841, Mary Rogers, a popular tobacco shop counter girl, is found brutally murdered in the shallows of 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, wife, and her former lover. Charged with solving it all is High Constable Jacob Hays, whose investigation will span a decade, involving gang wars, grave robbers, and clues hidden in poems by the hopeless romantic and minstrel of the night, Edgar Allan Poe.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 480
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.
Published: 06 May 2008
ISBN 10: 0393330613
ISBN 13: 9780393330618

Media Reviews
Irresistibly seductive.... Murder mystery, historical novel, portal to another time; The Blackest Bird is a masterpiece.
--Anthony Bourdain
Rose has caught the wild spirit of Poe's New York with terrific panache. It is a vivid picture of the city . . . teeming with big, brash characters and driven by a relentlessly entertaining narrative.
--Patrick McGrath
Irresistibly seductive... . Murder mystery, historical novel, portal to another time; The Blackest Bird is a masterpiece.
-- Anthony Bourdain
Rose has caught the wild spirit of Poe' s New York with terrific panache. It is a vivid picture of the city . . . teeming with big, brash characters and driven by a relentlessly entertaining narrative.
-- Patrick McGrath

From the Hardcover edition.

Author Bio
Joel Rose is the author of Kill the Poor, Kill Kill Faster Faster, and New York Sawed in Half. He founded the literary magazine Between C&D and lives in New York City and on the Jersey shore.