The House on Mulberry Street - Softcover

Meyers, Maan

3.67

43 ratings by Goodreads

9780553572124: The House on Mulberry Street

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553572121 ISBN 13: 9780553572124

Publisher: Crimeline, 1997

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The first four books in Maan Meyers' critically acclaimed mystery series followed the Tonneman family from New Amsterdam in 1664 to New-York in 1808. Now, The House on Mulberry Street introduces John (Dutch) Tonneman, a police detective in 1895 New York City, a vibrant, bustling center of commerce, fashion, graft and...death. When the brutal murder of a journalist is linked to the attractive female photographer Dutch Tonneman can't forget, the stage is set for the latest entry of a unique series that is mandatory reading for fans of the Victorian suspense of Caleb Carr and Anne Perry.

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About the Author:

Critically acclaimed author of The Dutchman and The High Constable, Maan Meyers returns with an exciting new mystery combining history, murder, and mayhem in a vivid portrait of New York City of yesteryear. In The House on Mulberry Street, Maan Meyers weaves yet another uniquely intricate, excitingly atmospheric Tonneman mystery, a vivid and fascinating slice of history with a timely twist and a tantalizing freshness. THE CRITICS LOVE THE HISTORICAL MYSTERIES OF MAAN MEYERS "OUTSTANDING.” —Rendezvous "PART FICTION, PART FACT, AND WHOLLY ENTERTAINING... VIVIDLY TRUE TO ITS PERIOD." —Publishers Weekly “AN EXCITING TALE OF MYSTERY, HISTORY, AND ROMANCE, INDEED A WONDERFUL COMBINATION.” —Romantic Times "VIVIDLY RE-CREATES THE SIGHTS, SOUNDS, AND SMELLS OF [NEW YORK] IN 1664... FANS OF HISTORICAL MYSTERIES SHOULD RELISH THIS CAPTIVATING NOVEL.” —The Sun, Baltimore “AN ALTOGETHER ENJOYABLE STORY.” —Mostly Murder "A GRAND MELODRAMA OF EARLY AMERICA THAT EVOKES THE SETTING OF OLD NEW AMSTERDAM AT ITS MOST INTRIGUING.” —The Denver Post "AN AUTHENTIC AND SUSPENSEFUL PERIOD PIECE." —Booklist “ANNETTE AND MARTIN MEYERS HAVE DONE THEIR HISTORY HOMEWORK....RICH IN PECULIAR DETAILS.” —Fresh Air, National Public Radio

From Kirkus Reviews:

The house of the title is police headquarters for New York's Gas House district, workplace of detective John (Dutch) Tonneman- -descendant of the Tonneman family chronicled in this series (The Dutchman's Dilemma, 1995, etc.). Now, it's 1895, and John, along with fellow detective and cousin Bo Clancy, is helping the new police commissioner in his campaign to root out the graft rampant at all levels of the force. A Union Square labor parade, its marchers set upon by thugs, brings John to a chance meeting with pretty Esther Breslau, a young, bilingual, Jewish immigrant smart enough to have won a job as helper to rich bachelor photographer Oswald Cook, complete with a room in his comfortable Gramercy Park house. A frequent visitor there is freelance reporter Robert Roman, who accompanies Esther as she takes pictures in Union Square, capturing some of the violence. Before the day's over, Roman has been beaten to death; the photographic plates have been smashed; John's fallen in love with Esther, despite his Catholic misgivings, and the hunt is on for Roman's killer. Countless minor scams and often vivid characters dot the landscape of the Lower East Side, while John, Bo, and a gutsy Esther work to ferret out the corrupt forces behind the murder. Meanwhile, John makes a discovery about his family roots that could ease the way with Esther, but will it? Despite the weight of its historical detail, scores of minor players, and tiny subplots, this fifth in a series is the best so far--carried along by a comprehensible plot and the vitality of its major characters. Overrich, then, but readable. -- Copyright �1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

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