N.Ham and I read this book out loud to each other, each of us trying to do voices and accents for the characters. I enjoyed the first 75% of the book but once our heroes had an idea who the murderer is...I just wanted them to catch the killer already.
The novel is set in the late 1800s in New York City during Theodore Roosevelt's time as police commissioner. A journalist (who is a complete moron but is supposed to be the audience stand-in), a lady (omg, she might show her ankle off), an alienist (psychologist), and two detectives set out to invent modern crime solving and catch a killer of young boy-prostitutes. The detail in the setting of the novel as well as the nascent crime fighting techniques are interesting. I did think it was odd how enlightened all the 'good guys' were for the late 1800s. I suppose we wouldn't root for racist, sexist homophobes though.
Read if you like old timey crime solvin'.
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