New York Nocturne
The Return of Miss Lizzie
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June 1, 2016
Sixteen-year-old Amanda Burton is thrilled to be spending the summer with her debonair Uncle John at the glamorous Dakota apartments on New York City's Central Park West. It is 1924, and Amanda's father and stepmother have taken off for Tibet. Uncle John lives the high life, which involves a passing acquaintance with notorious gangsters and club owners Owen Madden and Larry Fay. One morning Amanda finds John dead in his library, a hatchet buried in his skull, and soon the police are fitting her for the frame. So when her dear friend Miss Lizzie Borden (yes, that Lizzie Borden who allegedly gave her mother 40 whacks) shows up, Amanda is grateful. Returning to Lizzie's story after 1989's Miss Lizzie, Satterthwait has reimagined his protagonist as an elderly crime-solving investigator. VERDICT Better known for his "Joshua Croft" series, the author creates a charming character in Amanda, but Miss Lizzie is the draw; colorful secondary characters are also essential to the plot. Stuart Kaminsky fans will enjoy this one.
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