New York Nocturne, Walter Satterthwait
New York Nocturne, Walter Satterthwait
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New York Nocturne
The Return of Miss Lizzie

Author: Walter Satterthwait

Narrator: Lesa Lockford

Unabridged: 9 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/26/2016


Synopsis

Sixteen-year-old Amanda is spending the summer with her suave and easygoing uncle John at the Dakota Apartments, opposite the green sprawl of New York's Central Park. When John isn't doing something mysterious with stocks and bonds, he and Amanda enjoy the very best the Roaring Twenties have to offer. However, in a single brutal night, everything changes. Suddenly, Amanda is alone, far from home, and fighting for her life in a city that has abandoned her. Fortunately, there's one person Amanda can trust: Miss Lizzie Borden. Together, they'll manage to work out a twisted passage toward what might be survival through the narrow streets of nighttime New York.

About Walter Satterthwait

Walter Satterthwait (b. 1946) is an author of mysteries and historical fiction. A fan of mystery novels from a young age, he spent high school immersed in the works of Dashiell Hammett and Mickey Spillane. While working as a bartender in New York in the late 1970s, he wrote his first book: an adventure novel, Cocaine Blues (1979), about a drug dealer on the run from a pair of killers.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Heather

Really a 2.5. The beginning was entertaining, but I felt the story really lagged in the last half. The characters were fine, though it seemed like the most entertaining ones didn't get enough to do. The main character, Amanda, is fine. She's likable enough and believable as a teenage girl. My main p......more

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