The blackest bird: a novel of murder in nineteenth-century New York
General fiction, Historical fiction, Mysteries and crime stories
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Summary
New York, 1841. When Mary Rogers, a pretty clerk at a tobacco shop, is found brutally murdered in the Hudson River, High Constable Hays is charged with the search for her killer. A respected lawman known for creating a new… interrogation technique called the third degree, Hays is starting to feel the full weight of his position, caught between public outrage and political red tape. High on his list of suspects is the eccentric poet Edgar Allan Poe, who freely admits that he was in love with the "cigar girl." Some descriptions of sex and violence. 2007.