Set in 1803 New York, Hudson's Kill is the riveting next historical thriller from NPR reporter and producer Paddy Hirsch.New York in 1803 is rife with tension as the city expands, and whoever knows where the city will build can control it. And violence builds as a mysterious provocateur pits the city's black and Irish gangs against each other. When a young black girl is found stabbed to death, both Justy Flanagan, now a City Marshal, and Kerry O'Toole, now a school teacher, decide separately to go after the killer. They each find their way to a shadowy community on the fringes of the growing city, where they uncover a craven political conspiracy bound up with a criminal enterprise that is stunning in its depravity.Justy and Kerry have to fight to save themselves and the city, and only then can they bring the girl's killer to justice.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM)...

Set in 1803 New York, Hudson's Kill is the riveting next historical thriller from NPR reporter and producer Paddy Hirsch.New York in 1803 is rife with tension as the city expands, and whoever knows where the city will build can control it. And violence builds as a mysterious provocateur pits the city's black and Irish gangs against each other. When a young black girl is found stabbed to death, both Justy Flanagan, now a City Marshal, and Kerry O'Toole, now a school teacher, decide separately to go after the killer. They each find their way to a shadowy community on the fringes of the growing city, where they uncover a craven political conspiracy bound up with a criminal enterprise that is stunning in its depravity.Justy and Kerry have to fight to save themselves and the city, and only then can they bring the girl's killer to justice.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM)...

7 years after a financial crisis nearly topples America, traders chafe at government regulations, racial tensions are rising, and corrupt financiers make back-door deals with politicians... 1799 was a hell of a year."What do you know about Wall Street, the slave trade, and the fate of immigrant Irish folks to New York in 1799? Probably as little as I did. I impatiently await the sequel." — Patrick Taylor, New York Times bestselling author of the Irish Country Doctor seriesThanks to Alexander Hamilton, America recovered from the financial panic of 1792, but the new country is still finding its way. When a young lawyer returns to America to prove his father's innocence, he exposes a massive financial fraud that the perpetrators are determined to keep secret at any cost. And reaching the highest levels, the looming crisis could topple the nation. Fans of Gangs of New York and historical thrillers like those of Caleb Carr and Erik Larsen...