In The Shadow of Gotham

 

I have been avoiding the library lately....I admit I haven't walked through the doors since I was pregnant with Danni.  I just always assume that I won't have time to read with how demanding she is.  But on the off chance she would take a nap and I would get some quiet time I decided to get back into reading.  Plus a librarian in our ward decided to start a book club that I am pretty excited about.  So it got my book worm wiggling with reading excitement.  Some times I just go to the library and walk up and down the aisle till I find a book that looks interesting.  Doing this I have either found a great book or a big disappointment.  This time I did really well.  I picked up this book titled "In The Shadow of Gotham".  It was written by Stefanie Pintoff and it is a murder mystery.  Normally I don't go for these, I usually go for the dramas.  It is about a detective in New York in 1905 who is working to solve a case.  I like it because it is a historical fiction which is my favorite time and also the mysteries are solved more in the old deduction way.  I like to think it is comparable to the Sherlock Holms series.

 

It was a good read.  Really well written and I read it in just 2 days which is really good considering I could only read a couple of hours a day.  And the best part is I couldn't figure out who the culprit was until the very end.  It kept me on my toes.  I would recommend this to really anyone who wants a quick read that is really interesting.