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WHODUNIT MYSTERY
city for ransom
(prequel to Shadows in the White City)
Anyone who enjoyed Caleb Carr, Erik Larsen, Conan Doyle, Dickens with a bit of Wes Craven thrown in would enjoy this HYStery-MYstery novel set in 1893 against the backdrop of the Chicago World's Fair.  Inspector Alastair Ransom, like most in the CPD is not thrilled to have the extra crime that comes along with the mammoth White City celebrations, and he is soon plauged by a rash of killings attributed to the Phantom of the Fair.  With the dubious help of Phrenologist and Magnetic Healer Dr. J.Phineas Tewes, Alastair is, while jaded, on the case.  This is a fast-paced homage to Dickens and Doyle.  It's not your father's Sherlock Holmes but close enough to please.