Gilded Age Chicago Mysteries
Murder, scandal, and the glitter of the Gilded Age collide in this gripping historical mystery series.
Gilded Age Chicago Mysteries
Murder, scandal, and the glitter of the Gilded Age collide in this gripping historical mystery series.
In the shadow of the 1893 World’s Fair, Chicago is a city of soaring ambitions and deadly secrets. While the elite dwell in marble mansions, a darker world of corruption and crime festers in the back alleys of the metropolis. Follow a compelling female sleuth and a journalist with a sharp eye for detail as they uncover what Chicago’s upper crust wants to keep buried. From the glittering ballrooms of the robber barons to the gritty reality of the labor riots, this series explores the high-stakes tension of a city on the brink of a new century. N. S. Wikarski weaves a rich, immersive tapestry of history and suspense that fans of The Alienist and The Devil in the White City won’t be able to put down.
In the shadow of the 1893 World’s Fair, Chicago is a city of soaring ambitions and deadly secrets. While the elite dwell in marble mansions, a darker world of corruption and crime festers in the back alleys of the metropolis. Follow a compelling female sleuth and a journalist with a sharp eye for detail as they uncover what Chicago’s upper crust wants to keep buried. From the glittering ballrooms of the robber barons to the gritty reality of the labor riots, this series explores the high-stakes tension of a city on the brink of a new century. N. S. Wikarski weaves a rich, immersive tapestry of history and suspense that fans of The Alienist and The Devil in the White City won’t be able to put down.
In the shadow of the 1893 World’s Fair, Chicago is a city of soaring ambitions and deadly secrets. While the elite dwell in marble mansions, a darker world of corruption and crime festers in the back alleys of the metropolis. Follow a compelling female sleuth and a journalist with a sharp eye for detail as they uncover what Chicago’s upper crust wants to keep buried. From the glittering ballrooms of the robber barons to the gritty reality of the labor riots, this series explores the high-stakes tension of a city on the brink of a new century. N. S. Wikarski weaves a rich, immersive tapestry of history and suspense that fans of The Alienist and The Devil in the White City won’t be able to put down.
A socialite and her admirer stalk a murderer against the backdrop of the 1893 World’s Fair, with suspects ranging from a captain of industry to a denizen of the slums, a shady doctor who mixes his own drugs, and a teenage prostitute in the Levee District.
A socialite and her admirer stalk a murderer against the backdrop of the 1893 World’s Fair, with suspects ranging from a captain of industry to a denizen of the slums, a shady doctor who mixes his own drugs, and a teenage prostitute in the Levee District.
For two amateur sleuths, a random drowning becomes intertwined with labor riots, a national railroad strike, a medium who speaks to the dead, a blackmailer, and a murderer intent on covering his tracks by any means necessary.
For two amateur sleuths, a random drowning becomes intertwined with labor riots, a national railroad strike, a medium who speaks to the dead, a blackmailer, and a murderer intent on covering his tracks by any means necessary.
Two consulting detectives on the trail of a stolen Egyptian artifact tangle with secret societies, international criminal masterminds, gentlemen jewel thieves, unexpected ocean voyages, and underworld kingpins.
Two consulting detectives on the trail of a stolen Egyptian artifact tangle with secret societies, international criminal masterminds, gentlemen jewel thieves, unexpected ocean voyages, and underworld kingpins.
