| Author | : N. S. Wikarski |
| File Size | : 43,7 Mb |
| Publisher | : Northgate Press |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 15 April 2024 |
| ISBN | : 978186723xxxx |
| Pages | : 298 pages |
The Fall of White City by N. S. Wikarski Book PDF Summary
Gilded Age Chicago Mysteries: Volume 1 - The Fall of White City Wealthy spinster Evangeline LeClair leads a paradoxical life. By day, she fends off marriage-minded suitors. By night, she teaches English to factory workers at a social settlement in the slums. Evangeline is quite satisfied with the status quo until murder disrupts her routine. One of her students, a penniless immigrant, has been stabbed to death in Chicago's most exclusive hotel. The girl's brother, a known anarchist, is accused of the crime. Evangeline wheedles her admirer, Freddie Simpson, into helping her track down the real killer. Their list of possible suspects is long: a captain of industry, a denizen of the slums, a shady doctor who mixes his own drugs, and a teenage prostitute from a sporting house in the Levee District. The gleaming surface of the World's Fair casts many shadows, and THE FALL OF WHITE CITY exposes the darkness at its core.