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Paperback Original. No spine crease. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. 0.9 x 6.6 x 4 Inches. 288 pages. A Gilded Age Mystery, No. 5. July 1870: Nell Sweeney's position as governess for the venerable Hewitts of Boston affords her a unique perspective in an era of sharp class distinctions. Neither servant nor gentlewoman, she can fit in among the denizens of a waterfront tenement or the bluebloods of Colonnade Row. But there are many of the latter who regard her as just another good-for-nothing Irisher. Nell is shocked to learn that her friend Detective Colin Cook is a fugitive from justice, having reputedly killed a petty criminal in a North End concert saloon called Nabby's Inferno, after which he fled the scene of the crime. Cook's nemesis on the force, the loathsome Constable Skinner, thinks Nell knows where the Irish detective is hiding. She doesn't, nor does she believe that Cook is capable of murder. To gather evidence in Cook's favor, Nell must venture into the most depraved and crime-ridden neighborhood in the North End. William Hewitt, back home from his sojourn in Shanghai, isn't about to let her undertake such a dangerous investigation on her own. Posing as petty criminals, they infiltrate the so-called Murder District, but the more they find out, the more hopeless it looks for Cook.
