Seven for a Secret (Thorndike Press Large Print Historical Fiction) - Tapa dura

Praise for Lyndsay Faye and "The Gods of Gotham"
"The launch of a brilliant new mystery series, set in 1845 New York City: Irish Potato Famine, the birth of the police force, brothels and bedlam." --Gillian Flynn, #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Gone Girl"

"A wonderful book. Lyndsay Faye's command of historical detail is remarkable and her knowledge of human character even more so. I bought into this world in the opening pages and never once had the desire to leave. It's a great read!" --Michael Connelly
" New York has inspired lots of terrific thrillers, but I've just stumbled on one of the worthiest successors yet [to "The Alienist"]. Lyndsay Faye's novel, "The Gods of Gotham.""--Maureen Corrigan, NPR's "Fresh Air"

"If your concept of paradise is popping in a DVD of "Gangs of New York "while rereading Caleb Carr's "The Alienist," then put Lyndsay Faye's "The Gods of Gotham "on your to-buy list."--"USA Today"

"Riveting."--"The New York Times"

"Lyndsay Faye is a superstar-caliber writer. She confidently and exquisitely re-creates the past while her characters live on with you in the present, the elusive gold standard for a historical novel. "The Gods of Gotham" is a gift to the genre that readers will surely relish while we wait for Faye's next one." --Matthew Pearl, bestselling author of "The Dante Club"
"Intriguingly complex yet deliciously smooth, "The Gods of Gotham" is, in a word, stunning. The vivid characters and deft use of the historical setting read like the work of an established writer at the top of her (or indeed, his) career--that Faye is a newcomer is cause for an exuberance of fireworks, at the mere thought of so many superb novels yet to come." --Laurie R. King, "New York Times"-bestselling author of "The God of the Hive" and "Pirate King"
"A revelation. Lyndsay Faye puts the drive and passion of a modern thriller onto the mean stre
Praise for "Seven for a Secret"
"This is a series for the ages, it's so spectacular. Amazing." --Gillian Flynn
Praise for Lyndsay Faye and "The Gods of Gotham"
"The launch of a brilliant new mystery series, set in 1845 New York City: Irish Potato Famine, the birth of the police force, brothels and bedlam." --Gillian Flynn, #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Gone Girl"

"A wonderful book. Lyndsay Faye's command of historical detail is remarkable and her knowledge of human character even more so. I bought into this world in the opening pages and never once had the desire to leave. It's a great read!" --Michael Connelly
" New York has inspired lots of terrific thrillers, but I've just stumbled on one of the worthiest successors yet [to "The Alienist"]. Lyndsay Faye's novel, "The Gods of Gotham.""--Maureen Corrigan, NPR's "Fresh Air"

"If your concept of paradise is popping in a DVD of "Gangs of New York "while rereading Caleb Carr's "The Alienist," then put Lyndsay Faye's "The Gods of Gotham "on your to-buy list."--"USA Today"

"Riveting."--"The New York Times"

"Lyndsay Faye is a superstar-caliber writer. She confidently and exquisitely re-creates the past while her characters live on with you in the present, the elusive gold standard for a historical novel. "The Gods of Gotham" is a gift to the genre that readers will surely relish while we wait for Faye's next one." --Matthew Pearl, bestselling author of "The Dante Club"
"Intriguingly complex yet deliciously smooth, "The Gods of Gotham" is, in a word, stunning. The vivid characters and deft use of the historical setting read like the work of an established writer at the top of her (or indeed, his) career--that Faye is a newcomer is cause for an exuberance of fireworks, at the mere thought of so many superb novels yet to come." --Laurie R. King, "New York Times"-bestselling author of "The God of th

From Edgar-nominated author Lyndsay Faye comes the next book in what Gillian Flynn calls "a brilliant new mystery series."
Six months after the formation of the NYPD, its most reluctant and talented officer, Timothy Wilde, thinks himself well versed in his city's dark practices--until he learns of the gruesome underworld of lies and corruption ruled by the "blackbirders," who snatch free Northerners of color from their homes, masquerade them as slaves, and sell them South to toil as plantation property.
The abolitionist Timothy is horrified by these traders in human flesh. But in 1846, slave catching isn't just legal--it's law enforcement.
When the beautiful and terrified Lucy Adams staggers into Timothy's office to report a robbery and is asked what was stolen, her reply is, "My family." Their search for her mixed-race sister and son will plunge Timothy and his feral brother, Valentine, into a world where police are complicit and politics savage, and corpses appear in the most shocking of places. Timothy finds himself caught between power and principles, desperate to protect his only brother and to unravel the puzzle before all he cares for is lost.