The Root of the Matter: A Pettigrew & Roth Mystery - Softcover

Rogow, Roberta

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0982653735 ISBN 13: 9780982653739

Publisher: Deadly Ink Press, 2010

Synopsis

The Root of the Matter is the second novel in Roberta Rogow's Pettigrew & Roth Mystery Series set in 1870 New York. The sudden entrance of a dying seaman disrupts a quiet supper party, and Uncle Ephraim Pettigrew, his partner Joshua Roth, and his niece Peggy, find themselves embroiled in a case involving rare plants, a ferocious alley cat, and a few family skeletons. Attorney Michael Riley joins Joshua and Peggy as they spend a hot summer day chasing a killer from the Hudson River waterfront to the mansions lining Madison Avenue. Glimpses of Commodore Vanderbilt and Boss Tweed enliven this tale of greed and secret passion in Old New York.

About this title

About the Author

Roberta Rogow has written four mystery novels, in which Mr. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) and Dr. Arthur Conan Doyle meet and solve mysteries together. Her most recent fiction is the story "Death in the Gardens" in the Sisters In Crime anthology Murder Across the Map. She also reviews children's books for Mystery Scene Magazine in her column, "Child's Play". Her first novel in the Pettigrew & Roth series, THE GUILTY CLIENT, was published by Deadly Ink Press in 2009. THE ROOT OF THE MATTER, is the second novel in the series set in 1870 New York during the Boss Tweed era.

Edition details

• Publisher: Deadly Ink Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0982653735
• ISBN 13: 9780982653739
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Calkins D. Cameron
• Number of pages: 244