This is quite an interesting story set in the post Civil War era in New York during construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. The basic tale is a plot by a group of disgruntled former Confederate soldiers to destroy the bridge and the efforts of a policeman (who is also battling corruption both withi...
After having read Suspension, I jumped at the opportunity to go back to old New York (more than 100 years ago) for another look at a sharp detective and the City, itself. The Empire of Shadows left NYC early and shifted to the Adirondacks and while it was interesting to read about the early days ...
Normally he’d be pleased to feel that thickness and weight there in his jacket. But this was no normal wad and there was no comfort in it. If anything it was a reminder of how easily he’d been trumped. Worse still there didn’t seem to be a damn thing he could do about it. Kelly ground his teeth a...