About the Author:
Critically acclaimed author of The Dutchman and The High Constable, Maan Meyers returns with an exciting new mystery combining history, murder, and mayhem in a vivid portrait of New York City of yesteryear. In The House on Mulberry Street, Maan Meyers weaves yet another uniquely intricate, excitingly atmospheric Tonneman mystery, a vivid and fascinating slice of history with a timely twist and a tantalizing freshness. THE CRITICS LOVE THE HISTORICAL MYSTERIES OF MAAN MEYERS "OUTSTANDING.” —Rendezvous "PART FICTION, PART FACT, AND WHOLLY ENTERTAINING... VIVIDLY TRUE TO ITS PERIOD." —Publishers Weekly “AN EXCITING TALE OF MYSTERY, HISTORY, AND ROMANCE, INDEED A WONDERFUL COMBINATION.” —Romantic Times "VIVIDLY RE-CREATES THE SIGHTS, SOUNDS, AND SMELLS OF [NEW YORK] IN 1664... FANS OF HISTORICAL MYSTERIES SHOULD RELISH THIS CAPTIVATING NOVEL.” —The Sun, Baltimore “AN ALTOGETHER ENJOYABLE STORY.” —Mostly Murder "A GRAND MELODRAMA OF EARLY AMERICA THAT EVOKES THE SETTING OF OLD NEW AMSTERDAM AT ITS MOST INTRIGUING.” —The Denver Post "AN AUTHENTIC AND SUSPENSEFUL PERIOD PIECE." —Booklist “ANNETTE AND MARTIN MEYERS HAVE DONE THEIR HISTORY HOMEWORK....RICH IN PECULIAR DETAILS.” —Fresh Air, National Public Radio
From the Inside Flap:
ur books in Maan Meyers' critically acclaimed mystery series followed the Tonneman family from New Amsterdam in 1664 to New-York in 1808. Now, The House on Mulberry Street introduces John (Dutch) Tonneman, a police detective in 1895 New York City, a vibrant, bustling center of commerce, fashion, graft and...death. When the brutal murder of a journalist is linked to the attractive female photographer Dutch Tonneman can't forget, the stage is set for the latest entry of a unique series that is mandatory reading for fans of the Victorian suspense of Caleb Carr and Anne Perry.
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