The Gods of Gotham, Lyndsay Faye
The Gods of Gotham, Lyndsay Faye
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The Gods of Gotham

Author: Lyndsay Faye

Narrator: Steven Boyer

Unabridged: 12 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/15/2012

Synopsis

1845. New York City forms its first police force. The great potato famine hits Ireland. These two seemingly disparate events will change New York City. Forever. Timothy Wilde tends bar near the Exchange, fantasizing about the day he has enough money to win the girl of his dreams. But when his dreams literally incinerate in a fire, he finds himself disfigured, unemployed, and homeless. His older brother obtains Timothy a job in the newly minted NYPD, but he is highly skeptical of this new 'police force.' One night while making his rounds, Wilde literally runs into a little slip of a girl, not more than ten years old, dashing through the dark in her nightshift...covered head to toe in blood.

About Lyndsay Faye

Lyndsay Faye's first novel Dust and Shadow is a tribute to Sherlock Holmes, whose exploits she has loved since childhood. Faye's love of her adopted city led her to research the origins of the New York City Police Department, the inception of which exactly coincided with the start of the Irish Potato Famine. Lyndsay and her husband Gabriel Lehner live just north of Harlem with their cats, Grendel and Prufrock.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Florence (Lefty) on July 28, 2016

Probably it was exactly what I felt like reading right about now, whatever, but I haven’t been this entertained in years. We’re talking quality escapism. A murder mystery featuring the NYPD in its infancy, ‘copper stars’ mainly made up of scrappy, downtrodden Irishmen. “We were all missing bits and......more

Goodreads review by Kemper on April 19, 2013

New York City Police Department Application - 1845 1) Can you walk? 2) Are you a Democrat? If you answered ‘Yes’ to both of these questions: Congratulations! You are now a police officer for the city of New York. Timothy Wilde was a bartender who was doing well by the standards of 1845. He had saved som......more

Goodreads review by Trudi on November 29, 2014

Hope, I've discovered, is a sad nuisance. Hope is a horse with a broken leg. ~The Gods of Gotham, Lyndsay Faye New York City, 1845. Helped by an explosion of combustible saltpeter, a great fire has once again decimated Lower Manhattan, claiming the lives of four fireman and 26 civilians. Across the......more

Goodreads review by Anniebananie on August 15, 2017

3,5 Sterne Wäre der Start in das Buch für mich etwas besser verlaufen, hätte ich dem ganzen auch getrost 4 Sterne gegeben, allerdings wurde die Geschichte zu Beginn sehr langsam aufgebaut und erzählt, es hat mir einfach etwas lange gedauert bis Spannung aufgebaut wurde. Was ich allerdings hervorragen......more

Goodreads review by Ashley on October 31, 2021

Always count on Lyndsay Faye for lots of atmospheric and interesting historical details, and a juicy, emotionally resonant mystery. This wasn't my favorite of hers, but I'm definitely going to be continuing the series. Timothy Wilde has 400 dollars saved up, and a job tending bar, until a fire devas......more

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