Secret of the White Rose (Detective Simon Ziele)

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2012
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The murder of Judge Hugo Jackson is out of Detective Simon Ziele's jurisdiction in more ways than one. For one its high profile commands the attention of the police commissioner. The judge was presiding over the trial of Al Drayson, an anarchist, who set off a bomb at a Carnegie wedding, but instead of killing millionaires, it killed passers-by, including a child. The trial has captured the attention of 1906 New York City. Furthermore, Simon's precinct doesn't include Gramercy Park, which is where the judge is found in his townhouse with his throat slashed. But his widow insists on calling her husband's old classmate criminologist Alistair Sinclair, who in turn enlists Ziele. Together they must steer Sinclair's methods past a police force that is focused on rounding up Drayson's supporters and have all but rejected any other possibilities.

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The murder of Judge Hugo Jackson is out of Detective Simon Ziele's jurisdiction in more ways than one. For one its high profile commands the attention of the police commissioner. The judge was presiding over the trial of Al Drayson, an anarchist, who set off a bomb at a Carnegie wedding, but instead of killing millionaires, it killed passers-by, including a child. The trial has captured the attention of 1906 New York City. Furthermore, Simon's precinct doesn't include Gramercy Park, which is where the judge is found in his townhouse with his throat slashed. But his widow insists on calling her husband's old classmate criminologist Alistair Sinclair, who in turn enlists Ziele. Together they must steer Sinclair's methods past a police force that is focused on rounding up Drayson's supporters and have all but rejected any other possibilities.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Published: 04 Apr 2012
ISBN 10: 1250001668
ISBN 13: 9781250001665

Media Reviews

Praise for A Curtain Falls

Mystery lovers might just have found the next Caleb Carr. -- The Huffington Post

In her second novel, Stefanie Pintoff shows how the best in historical fiction not only unveils our past, but shows how our modern concerns evolved.... Her comparison to Caleb Carr is well earned, although Pintoff shows a wider range and deeper affinity for storytelling than the author of The Alienist. Pintoff's meticulous research captures the heart of the era, but her detailed characters and gripping plot about greed, jealousy, and obsession for fame set A Curtain Falls on a higher plane. --Oline Cogdill, South Florida Sun-Sentinel

This worthy sequel to Pintoff's acclaimed Edgar Award-nominated debut, In the Shadow of Gotham, brings to life New York's theater world at the turn of the twentieth century and the fledgling science of criminology. -- Library Journal (starred review) on A Curtain Falls

Praise for In the Shadow of Gotham

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Praise for Stephanie Pintoff

Densely plotted, rich in moral ambiguity, and guaranteed to grip readers to the very last page.
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on Secret of the White Rose

Edgar-winner Pintoff proves with her third historical that she's the equal of Caleb Carr.
--Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Secret of the White Rose

Mystery lovers might just have found the next Caleb Carr.
-- The Huffington Post on A Curtain Falls

Praise for Stephanie Pintoff
Densely plotted, rich in moral ambiguity, and guaranteed to grip readers to the very last page.
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on Secret of the White Rose
Edgar-winner Pintoff proves with her third historical that she's the equal of Caleb Carr.
--Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Secret of the White Rose
Mystery lovers might just have found the next Caleb Carr.
-- The Huffington Post on A Curtain Falls

Densely plotted, rich in moral ambiguity, and guaranteed to grip readers to the very last page. Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on Secret of the White Rose

Edgar-winner Pintoff proves with her third historical that she's the equal of Caleb Carr. Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Secret of the White Rose

Mystery lovers might just have found the next Caleb Carr. The Huffington Post on A Curtain Falls

Densely plotted, rich in moral ambiguity, and guaranteed to grip readers to the very last page. Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on Secret of the White Rose

Edgar-winner Pintoff proves with her third historical that she's the equal of Caleb Carr. Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Secret of the White Rose

Mystery lovers might just have found the next Caleb Carr. The Huffington Post on A Curtain Falls

Densely plotted, rich in moral ambiguity, and guaranteed to grip readers to the very last page. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on Secret of the White Rose

Edgar-winner Pintoff proves with her third historical that she's the equal of Caleb Carr. --Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Secret of the White Rose

Mystery lovers might just have found the next Caleb Carr. --The Huffington Post on A Curtain Falls

Author Bio

Stefanie Pintoff is the author of A Curtain Falls and In the Shadow of Gotham--the winner of the 2010 Edgar Award for Best First Novel and the Washington Irving Book Award. She earned nominations for the Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity awards. She is also a graduate of Columbia University Law School and has a Ph.D. in literature from New York University. She lives with her husband and daughter on Manhattan's Upper West Side.