{"product_id":"31-bond-street-9780061773976","title":"31 Bond Street","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The skill with which Ellen Horan has braided true crime with thoughtful novelizing is pure pleasure. . . . Caleb Carr meets Scott Turow. What could possibly be better?\" -- Beverly Swerling, author of \u003cem\u003eCity of God \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"An impressive blend of imagination and history as it vividly brings to life one of New York's City's most notorious crimes. -- Ron Rash, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eSerena \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once a gripping mystery and a richly detailed excavation of a lost age, \u003cem\u003e31 Bond Street\u003c\/em\u003e is a spellbinding tale of murder, sex, greed, and politics in 1857 New York. Author Ellen Horan interweaves fact and fiction--reimagining the sensational nineteenth-century brutal murder that rocked the city a few short years before the Civil War ripped through the fabric of the nation, while transporting readers back to a time that eerily echoes our own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough there are no clues to the slaying of wealthy Dr. Harvey Burdell, suspicion quickly falls on Emma Cunningham, the refined, pale-skinned widow who managed his house and servants. An ambitious district attorney seeks a swift conviction, but defense attorney Henry Clinton is a formidable obstacle--a man firmly committed to justice and the law, and to the cause of a frightened, vulnerable woman desperately trying to save herself from the gallows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFans of Caleb Carr's \u003cem\u003eThe Alienist\u003c\/em\u003e, Edith Wharton's \u003cem\u003eThe House of Myrth\u003c\/em\u003e, and John Berendt's \u003cem\u003eMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil\u003c\/em\u003e will love the stunning prose and beautiful imagery of this riveting novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ellen Horan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.01h x 5.38w x 0.97d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061773976\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHoran, Ellen:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEllen Horan has worked as a studio artist and as a photo editor for magazines and books in New York City. She lives in downtown Manhattan, the setting of her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40287214338163,"sku":"9.78006E+12","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_889b3508-d745-411d-a01e-813b35ceb62a.jpg?v=1658236012","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/31-bond-street-9780061773976","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}