03791cam a2200361 4500 246434342 TxAuBib 20151113120000.0 ||||||s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780061953743 0061953741 d21f67d2-9ee7-42fa-b129-a91999c0596f OverDrive (Reserve ID) 318695 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Horan, Ellen. 31 Bond Street [Libby Audiobook] : A Novel. HarperCollins, 2010. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 286MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 286MB. HTML:Who killed Dr. Harvey Burdell? Though there are no witnesses and no clues, fingers point to Emma Cunningham, the refined, pale-skinned widow who managed Burdell's house and his servants. Rumored to be a black-hearted gold digger with designs on the doctor's name and fortune, Emma is immediately put under house arrest during a murder investigation. A swift conviction is sure to catapult flamboyant district attorney Abraham Oakey Hall into the mayor's seat. But one formidable obstacle stands in his way: the defense attorney Henry Clinton. Committed to justice and the law, Clinton will aid the vulnerable widow in her desperate fight to save herself from the gallows. Set in 1857 New York, this gripping mystery is also a richly detailed excavation of a lost age. Horan vividly re-creates a tumultuous era characterized by a sensationalist press, aggressive new wealth, a booming real-estate market, corruption, racial conflict, economic inequality between men and women, and the erosion of the old codes of behavior. A tale of murder, sex, greed, and politics, this spellbinding narrative transports readers to a time that eerily echoes our own.. Based on a true-crime story from mid-nineteenth century New York, this novel has some fascinating characters: Oakley Hall, the corrupt Tweed Ring district attorney who prosecutes Emma Cunningham for the savage murder of her landlord and possible fiancé, Dr. Burdell (the victim and the accused both pretty nasty pieces of work), and the crusading defense lawyer who gets Emma off (but is never quite sure she is innocent). The plotting is tight and compelling, and there are wonderful period details. But the writing is wooden, and Adam Grupper's narration, while not bad, is sometime sloppy ("jewlerry" for "jewelry"), his dialogue unconvincing. Not quite a whodunit nor yet a courtroom thriller, this is still an absorbing picture of life and death in old New York. B.G. (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine. AudioFile Magazine. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-11-13 20:00:02. Grupper, Adam. http://nh.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=d21f67d2-9ee7-42fa-b129-a91999c0596f http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0293-1/318695-31BondStreet.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0293-1/318695-31BondStreet.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=D21F67D2-9EE7-42FA-B129-A91999C0596F&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0293-1/318695-31BondStreet.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0293-1/318695-31BondStreet.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=D21F67D2-9EE7-42FA-B129-A91999C0596F&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)