Brooklyn Graves: 2 (Erica Donato Mysteries, 2) - Softcover

Stein, Triss

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1464202192 ISBN 13: 9781464202193

Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press, 2014

Synopsis

A brutally murdered family man without an enemy in the world. A box full of charming letters home, written a century ago by an unknown female worker at the famed Tiffany studios. Historic Green-Wood cemetery, where a decrepit mausoleum with stunning stained glass windows is now off limits. Suddenly, all of this is part of Erica Donato's life.

Erica is a youngish single mother of a teen, an oldish history grad student, and the lowest person on the totem pole of the history museum where she works.

Soon secrets begin to emerge in the most unexpected places. An admirable life was not what it seemed, confiding letters conceal their most important story. All set against the background of the splendid old cemetery and the life of modern Brooklyn, the stories of old families and old loves with hidden ties merges with new crimes and the true value of art.

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Review:

Brooklyn Graves is a fascinating and engaging...perfectly balances history of the Tiffany windows into a fictional and engaging story interwoven masterfully.

--Teri Davis "Midwest Book Review "

In the second book of Stein's (Brooklyn Bones, 2013, etc.) Erica Donato Mysteries series, a grad student and mother wrestles with a puzzle related to her history work - only to find more questions that hit closer to home....Offers promising developments for Erica and Chris, but readers will find little to work with.

--Kirkus Reviews

Assigned by her boss at the Brooklyn Historical Museum to work with the arrogant Thomas Flint, the leading expert on Tiffany artwork, Erica Donato delves into boxes of letters and sketches by Maude Cooper, a young woman Flint suspects was a "Tiffany girl," one of the women in Tiffany's all-female design studio. When Erica learns her good family friend Dima was murdered, she and her teenage daughter, Chris, comfort the widow and her son, and Erica soon becomes involved in the search for Dima's killer. Is his murder connected with Erica's work project? Then a second murder occurs. Fascinating details of Tiffany and his glass windows, along with the life of a young girl from the Midwest now living and working in 1904 Manhattan, frame the story. The independent Erica is an interesting character, too, especially for her era: a widow working on her PhD in history while working part-time and who has difficult relationships with her teenage daughter and her somewhat overbearing father. A couple of possible love interests on the horizon add to the appeal of this engaging historical-mystery series.

--Booklist

BROOKLYN GRAVES is a rich and textured story about a rich and textured Brooklyn, both past and present. I loved being there!

--Joanne Dobson, author of Professor Karen Pelletier Mysteries

Triss Stein escapes the sophomore curse with the second in her Erica Donato series. Even more absorbing than the well-plotted mystery is her vibrant depiction of Brooklyn. From Little Odessa to the endlessly fascinating Green-Wood Cemetery, her book is a love letter to the borough.

--Margaret Maron, award winning author of the Deborah Knott Series

About the Author:

Triss Stein is a small-town girl who has spent most of her adult life living and working in New York city. This gives her the useful double vision of a stranger and a resident for writing mysteries about Brooklyn, her ever-fascinating, ever-changing, ever-challenging adopted home. Brooklyn Graves is the second Erica Donato mystery, following Brooklyn Bones.""

About this edition

• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1464202192
• ISBN 13: 9781464202193
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256