Under the Manhattan Bridge (Anita Servi Mysteries) - Tapa dura

Trying to solve the murder of a man found dead in her husband's woodworking shop, social worker Anita Servi follows clues through local orthodox religious communities, within an artist group, and into the realms of drug dealers and jewel thieves. By the author of Death of an Amiable Child. 15,000 first printing.

Irene Marcuse is the granddaughter of social philosopher Herbert Marcuse, an accident of birth that has formed a lot of her life. She has lived all over the United States and worked as a medical technician, long distance telephone operator, house cleaner, waitress, painter and wallpaper hanger, bead stringer, proofreader, and editor before receiving an MSW in social work from Columbia University. Before becoming a full time writer, Irene was Assistant Director of Morningside Retirement and Health Services.