The Blackest Bird: A Novel of History and Murder - Softcover

New York's answer to the Jack the Ripper murders . . . a thrilling new whodunit. * * Independent On Sunday * * Joel Rose cooks up a stew of vicious murders, arson, prison breaks, grave robbing, police corruption and internecine warfare between 19th century New York gangs. With a playful nod to Poe's famous ratiocinative style. The Blackest Bird is a big, cantering tale from the same stable as Matthew Pearl's The Poe Shadow. * * Financial Times * * The fast-paced narrative is dense with clues, making the deciphering exhilarating. But this is also an engaging window onto the petty pilfering and brutal bloodshed of a young New York. * * Daily Telegraph * *