The Widow Hamilton
An Eliza Hamilton Mystery
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
The widow of Alexander Hamilton faces another mystery in the second Eliza Hamilton mystery, perfect for fans of Deanna Raybourn.
It’s December 1805, and Eliza Hamilton is determined to seek justice. One young woman is dead, another has vanished—both residents of a house where Eliza’s friend, Alice, lives among other craftswomen struggling to survive in a city unforgiving toward widows and orphans.
With no help from the constabulary because the young woman’s body was found in a bad part of town–and was dressed as a man–Eliza vows to protect the women and uncover the truth. She suspects a connection between the death and the disappearance, especially given that the young lady who disappeared went missing while searching for the woman who was later found dead.
As Eliza traces their last known steps, she unearths a hidden world of dangerous secrets lurking beneath the city—secrets that could tear apart everything she holds dear.
This pulse-racing historical mystery will intrigue and delight anyone fascinated by the Founding Fathers and feminist history.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A young woman is murdered and another goes missing in Cox's inventive second whodunit featuring Alexander Hamilton's wife, Eliza, as a sleuth (after The Lace Widow). In 1805, more than a year after Alexander's death, Eliza has found friends among her fellow widows at Manhattan's Pearl Street House. As a result, she feels an intense sense of responsibility when Rebecca Dickens, an orphan whom the Pearl Street women took in and trained to make lace, is found murdered in New York's unsavory Water Street district. Meanwhile, Jo Ambrose, another of the widows' charges, has gone missing after setting out to find Rebecca. Drawing on the skills she learned during her previous murder investigation, Eliza carefully examines Rebecca's corpse, uncovering evidence of arsenic poisoning that the coroner missed. Her subsequent digging reveals that Rebecca was ensnared in criminal activity before her death, leading Eliza into dark corners of New York City's underworld as she seeks the truth. Cox combines a remarkable talent for bringing the past to life with well-shaded characterizations. Historical mystery fans will be thrilled.
