Murder Wears a Hidden Face (eBook)

Rosemary Simpson (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
336 Seiten
Kensington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4967-4109-7 (ISBN)

Infos

A diplomat's murder draws heiress-turned-sleuth Prudence MacKenzie and former Pinkerton Geoffrey Hunter away from New York's high society and into the dark heart of Chinatown . . . MURDER WEARS A HIDDEN FACEFebruary 1891: New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is hosting an exhibition of Chinese art objects, timed to coincide with the arrival of a new Chinese cultural attache, Lord Peng. Prudence and Geoffrey are invited to attend the opening ceremonies. But among the throng of dignitaries making their way through the galleries is one decidedly unwelcome and unexpected visitoran assassin who stabs the attache to death, then flees through Central Park. As witnesses, Prudence and Geoffrey quickly become immersed in the case and join former New York detective Warren Lowry in investigating the murder. But there are complications. The Peng family will no longer enjoy diplomatic standing and is threatened by deportation and possible disgrace or execution in their homeland. Desperate to remain in the West, they flee into the labyrinth of Chinatown, enlisting the protection of a long-lost uncle, now the leader of one of the city's most feared Tongs. But that alliance comes with a price; Peng's son must become his uncle's apprentice in crime, while his eldest daughter will be forced to marry a Tong leader she has never met. With a killer still at large, bent on revenge for a long-ago injustice and determined to eliminate every member of the Peng family, Prudence and Geoffrey are plunged into the heart of a culture about which they know very little.Each foray into the narrow streets and alleyways of Chinatown could be their last.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.11.2023
• Reihe/Serie: Gilded Age Mystery
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Historische Kriminalromane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller
• Schlagworte: Allan Pinkerton • arranged marriage • Bound Feet • Chinatown • Chinese ambassador • Chinese gangs • chinese mafia • Chinese tong • deanna raybourn • Diplomat • female lawyer • female sleuth • female sleuth historical mystery • feminist historical mystery • Geoffrey hunter • Gilded Age detectives • Gilded Age historical mystery • Gilded Age Manhattan • Gilded Age New York City • historical murder mystery • historical mystery • historical mystery couples • Metropolitan Museum of Art • MoMA • New York City historical murder mystery • nineteenth-century historical mystery • Pinkerton agents • Pinkerton Detectives • : private investigator mysteries • private investigator mysteries • prudence and Geoffrey • prudence Mackenzie • rhys bowen • tong • turn-of-the-century mystery • Victoria Thompson
• ISBN-10: 1-4967-4109-9 / 1496741099
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4967-4109-7 / 9781496741097