Treachery on Tenth Street (A Gilded Gotham Mystery) by Kate Belli #Historical Mystery #Crooked Lane Books

                                             

                                                     MY THOUGHTS AND BOOK REVIEW

I love mystery crime novels. This novel Treachery on the Tenth street was full of twists and turns and suspense until the end. It was surely a page turner which kept me guessing for the murderer from the beginning to last chapter. One would never guess the killer until the reader reach reading the last few chapters. A killer who is mad and called, Jack the Ripper is loose in the city, which left Genevieve doubting Bea's death was caused by - the murderer who crossed the Atlantic, the killer may be in New York. Genevieve's role at the society pages paper as a journalist had taken years to build reputation. She worked with Daniel McCaffrey and Arthur Horace was her boss editor of one of the largest newspaper in the whole city. Some one has killed three women, all artist's models, including Ida. They were found dead, their throat cut. An arrest has been made, but Daniel McCaffrey and Genevieve didn't believe the authorities have the right person. The real murderer is still out there. The suspects included Architects, Edward Paxton, Walter Wilson and Mathew Shipman. David and Genevieve's brother Gavin gets invited for one of Shipman's party, Eugene's Good Year birthday party. Shipman claimed that he had known Bea and Violet. He admitted that he loved Violet. Both women were involved with Shipman. But, Who is the actual killer? 

Callie, Genevieve's best friend joins her investigation to find the killer of the victims. Police believed the women who were murdered were mistresses of wealthy men, are expendable and they kept the murder away from public knowledge. Detective Longstreet did his best to keep the murders quiet. From upper class society woman of New York, Genevieve turns to become an investigative journalist. Very interesting and shocking to know the killer and motives of the characters. A must read for mystery book lovers.

I just reviewed the book, Treachery on Tenth Street, Thanks to the publisher Crooked Lane Books, Kate Belli and Netgalley for an advance copy for my honest review.

Book Description

Somebody’s killing the most glamorous models in Gilded-Age New York, but intrepid Genevieve Stewart is up to the task in Kate Belli’s third Gilded Gotham mystery, for fans of Victoria Thompson and Andrea Penrose.

As a heat wave engulfs New York in the summer of 1889, the city’s top models begin turning up dead, one by one, suggesting the work of a single killer. Society girl turned investigative journalist Genevieve Stewart is drawn into the case when Beatrice Holler, one of her friend Callie’s fellow models, is found with her throat cut.
 
Genevieve and her compatriot, wealthy Daniel McCaffrey, are joined by Callie to seek out the suspects, which leads them to search for answers from the members of the elite, notorious gangsters, and the city's most prominent painters.
 
In an era when London’s Jack the Ripper murders have everyone on edge, the police want to keep the killings quiet. But the bodies are piling up as fast as the suspects—and unless the killer is found, the simmering New York summer could boil over into madness.

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Crooked Lane Books (October 11, 2022)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 336 pages