{"product_id":"new-york-nocturne-the-return-of-miss-lizzie-paperback","title":"New York Nocturne: The Return of Miss Lizzie - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWalter Satterthwait\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLizzie Borden and Amanda Burton join forces with Dorothy Parker to solve a grisly murder in Prohibition-era New York in this \"assured and witty\" mystery (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sixteen-year-old Amanda Burton is thrilled to be spending the summer in New York City at her glamorous uncle John's apartment in the Dakota while her parents are off visiting Tibet. It's 1924, the decade is roaring, and she's out on the town every night with her father's flamboyant younger brother--seeing Broadway shows, going to fancy restaurants and speakeasies, meeting John's rich and famous friends, and even an occasional gangster. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It's all great fun--until the morning she stumbles upon her uncle dead on the floor with a hatchet blade buried in his skull. And with Amanda as the prime murder suspect, the New York City cops consider the case as good as closed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Luckily the hapless teen has an old ally in town: the infamous--albeit acquitted--alleged axe murderess Lizzie Borden. Miss Lizzie and her new pal, the renowned acerbic wit Dorothy Parker, are on the job faster than you can say, \"Forty whacks.\" But trolling the glittering New York night scene and underworld for a killer can be a dangerous occupation for an old lady with a shady past, a sharp-witted literary icon, and a teenager with a history of violently losing relatives--especially when they keep turning up dead bodies.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalter Satterthwait (b. 1946) is an author of mysteries and historical fiction. A fan of mystery novels from a young age, he spent high school immersed in the works of Dashiell Hammett and Mickey Spillane. While working as a bartender in New York in the late 1970s, he wrote his first book: an adventure novel, \u003ci\u003eCocaine Blues \u003c\/i\u003e(1979), about a drug dealer on the run from a pair of killers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After his second thriller, \u003ci\u003eThe Aegean Affair\u003c\/i\u003e (1982), Satterthwait created his best-known character, Santa Fe private detective Joshua Croft. Beginning with \u003ci\u003eWall of Glass\u003c\/i\u003e (1988), Satterthwait wrote five Croft novels, concluding the series with 1996's \u003ci\u003eAccustomed to the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e. In between Croft books, he wrote mysteries starring historical figures, including \u003ci\u003eMiss Lizzie\u003c\/i\u003e (1989), a novel about Lizzie Borden, and \u003ci\u003eWilde West\u003c\/i\u003e (1991), a western mystery starring Oscar Wilde. \u003ci\u003eNew York Nocturne \u003c\/i\u003e(2016) is his most recent novel.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 298\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 07, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53367768809837,"sku":"9781504028127","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/QlV1a1ZQWTZucklVaGQ2bWJhVlhXdz09.webp?v=1779648812","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/new-york-nocturne-the-return-of-miss-lizzie-paperback","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}