Bøger af Michael Sinclair

Winter 1926, Albany, New York. The nation is in the grip of prohibition.Corruption and bootleggers proliferate. A local actress is murdered one nightand the city is on high alert.At a dance marathon at Harmanus Bleecker Hall, a second horrendous deathoccurs, the victim a relative of Alan Cartwright, assistant manager of theillustrious showplace. Police embark on an arduous investigation. Doubts andsuspicions mount and motives and secrets abound. Eager for resolution to themysterious death, Alan recruits private investigator Sloane Sheppard, but soonyet another victim meets a brutal end.Slowly but inexorably darkness begins to fade as crucial revelations lead SloaneSheppard step by surprising step to the answers he seeks to resolve the shockingdeaths and to bring a devious and cunning killer to justice

It is February 1927 and Schenectady, New York, proud home of General Electric is booming with prosperity. Rodney Longworth, handsome and debonair assistant manager at the elegant Hotel Van Curler, experiences firsthand the explosion of violence when two women are brutally murdered in Cucumber Alley, not far from the home he shares with his parents in the historic stockade district. Soon yet another victim is found. It seems no one is safe. As his suspicions and apprehension grow, Rodney elicits the assistance of Sloane Sheppard, a private investigator. Long held secrets, surprising family revelations, open hostilities and another murder attempt confound Sloane as he races against time to resolve the crisis occurring in the otherwise placid neighborhood.Amidst a backdrop of flappers, speakeasies, jazz music, beguiling scientists and the newfound expedient of television, Murder in Cucumber Alley continues to a shocking denouement when Sloane Sheppard unmasks the culprit behind the horrendous murders in Cucumber Alley.Michael Sinclair is a native of Albany, New York. His previous novels in the 1920s historical series are An Unfortunate Coincidence and The Consequences of Murder.

THE CONSEQUENCES OF MURDER is a lush family drama of the 1920s, involving bootlegging, blackmail, and ultimately murder.The first world war and the influenza virus of 1918 ripped families apart. George, Susan, and Thomas Latimer were devastated over the loss of their parents. Taken in by their aunt and uncle, they adjusted to their new lives as best they could. While growing up, George noticed differences in his younger brother that lay dormant until his murder one cold and snowy evening, outside a speakeasy. Soon afterward, George's aunt and uncle discovered the body of another young man, brutally stabbed to death. And yet another vicious killing occurred during a holiday dinner at a city club, in front of a dining room full of people, including George and his family.Sloane Sheppard, a private investigator, attempted to find the solution to the murder of Thomas Latimer. It was not until long-held family secrets and blackmail attempts were revealed that Sloane, after meeting people connected with the victims, finally solved the mysteries behind these grisly attacks as well as the mystery of Thomas Latimer.

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