The Girl in the Glass The Girl in the Glass

The Girl in the Glass

An Edgar Award Winner

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Publisher Description

The Great Depression has bound a nation in despair -- and only a privileged few have risen above it: the exorbitantly wealthy ... and the hucksters who feed upon them. Diego, a seventeen-year-old illegal Mexican immigrant, owes his salvation to master grifter Thomas Schell. Together with Schell's gruff and powerful partner, they sail comfortably through hard times, scamming New York's grieving rich with elaborate, ingeniously staged séances -- until an impossible occurrence changes everything.

While "communing with spirits," Schell sees an image of a young girl in a pane of glass, silently entreating the con man for help. Though well aware that his otherworldly "powers" are a sham, Schell inexplicably offers his services to help find the lost child -- drawing Diego along with him into a tangled maze of deadly secrets and terrible experimentation.

At once a hypnotically compelling mystery and a stunningly evocative portrait of Depression-era New York, The Girl in the Glass is a masterly literary adventure from a writer of exemplary vision and skill.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2009
October 6
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
304
Pages
PUBLISHER
William Morrow Paperbacks
SELLER
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
SIZE
1.2
MB

Customer Reviews

Perky too ,

The Girl in the Glass

Very unusual...but fun. A cast of characters, real people, con men and a fascinating plot.
I'm not a big mystery fan, but the time period (1920's) and the characters make this a good read. Interesting that a couple of reviewers had this book as an assignment.

mastergordon ,

Wonderful

Read this in a college course, wonderful blend of historical references and fictional plot. Time period is quite interesting. Murder mystery

Visezlalune ,

Amazing!

At first I was worried that this book was going to be another lame book for a college assignment but it turned out to be a great book! I'm still reading it but I'm almost done and I feel like I can't put the book down :)

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