In the Shadow of Gotham

Detective Simon Ziele (Volume 1)

Stefanie Pintoff

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Stefanie Pintoff’s acclaimed and award-winning debut is the taut historical tale of Detective Simon Ziele, a man who lost his fiancée in the 1904 General Slocum ferry disaster and thereafter flees New York City for Dobson, New York, to escape the memories of her death. But months into his tenure, he catches the worst homicide of his career: a young woman brutally murdered in her own bedroom in the middle of the afternoon. His investigation quickly takes him to Columbia University criminologist Alistair Sinclair and one of his patients. But what could lead this Michael Fromley, with his history of violent behavior, to target such a proper young lady? Is Michael really behind the murder or is someone mimicking him? Ziele must discover the truth in this story of a haunted man on the trail of a killer while on the run from his own demons.

In the Shadow of Gotham is the winner of the 2010 Edgar Award for Best First Novel.

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Irene  rated it  
Jan 27, 2011
Picked this book up in Harrisonburg after seeing Charlie in "Our Town". Did not realize same time period, 1905, small northern town. Only this time there is a gruesome murder in "our town" which takes us to the city. As a Native New Yorker, I enjoyed the fine distinctions the ...more
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Jeska  rated it  
Aug 6, 2010
I read this book in approximately 30 hours while on vacation and "I couldn't put it down" pretty much sums it up to me. As I carried my iphone with the kindle app blazing onto the lovely Greek beach, in the car and even into the bathtub (hurray - no dropping!).

I really enjoy m ...more
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Carol  rated it  
Jun 7, 2009
Here's a debut well worth reading. If you like forensics, the workings of the criminal mind or books like Caleb Carr's Alienist, In the Shadow of Gotham should be on your TBR list.

After losing his fiancee in the Slocum Ferry disaster, police detective, Simon Ziele, in hopes of fleeing h ...more
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Stefanie Pintoff is the author of A Curtain Falls and Secret of the White Rose. In the Shadow of Gotham is the winner of the 2010 Edgar Award for Best First Novel and the Washington Irving Book Prize, and she has earned nominations for the Agatha, Anthony and Macavity Awards. She is also a graduate of Columbia University Law School and has a Ph.D. in literature from New York University. Now a full-time writer, she lives with her husband and daughter on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

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In the Shadow of Gotham
Detective Simon Ziele (Volume 1)
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