High Constable Jacob Hays, the first detective in New York City, takes on a casein 1841 that consumes the remaining years of his career when he sets out to investigate a series of murders linked to gang wars, grave robbers, and cryptic clues in the poems of Edgar Allan Poe.
year: 2007
call number/section: 1000
subjects: hays, jacob, 1772-1850, fiction, rogers, mary, 1820-1841, murder, new york, history, 19th century, fiction, homicide, new york (n.y.), mystery fiction, historical fiction, new york (n.y.), history, 1775-1865, fiction