Description
ISBN: 0892963662
Title: The New York Detective
Author: Marshall, William
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Mysterious Press, New York
Publication Date: 1989
Edition: First Edition
Book Condition: NF
D-j Condition: NF
Comments: Back of d-j has one tiny spot. Bottom corner of front board bumped.
Synopsis: Set in 1883, when the Brooklyn Bridge opens, this swashbuckling tale of crime and sleuthing travesties the old dime-novel thriller with its bravado and jingoist patriotism. At Niblo’s Garden Theatre an aging stagehand is slain during a testimonial gun presentation to leading actor Quarternight (who will seek the U.S. presidency) while a holdup is foiled in the swank men’s room — a porcelain folly of dolphins and seashells. City Det. Virgil Tillman and his strongarm sidekick, tippling Patrolman Ned Muldoon, get on the case.
