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The Pinkerton Man #2
Murder in New York
Coming back to New York to see her ailing father, Lizzie Ferguson did not expect to find him healthy and newly married to a much younger woman. She, also, didn’t expect to connect with an old lover and childhood friend or be accused of killing her father. But, life has a way of knocking you to your knees when you least expect it.
Stiles Long had always regretted that the killer, from his first case as a Pinkerton Agent, had got away. Now, in New York it was happening again. The Hotel Astor Bar was a meeting place for men who enjoyed the company of men. And, some of them were being brutally murdered. When one of the suspects from the original case appears at the hotel, Stiles is torn between his desire to stop a killer and kiss the man senseless.
Two different cases, but some of the faces overlap from one to the other. Stiles and Lizzie are in a race to discover who the killers are before another body gets added to the count.
Stiles Long had always regretted that the killer, from his first case as a Pinkerton Agent, had got away. Now, in New York it was happening again. The Hotel Astor Bar was a meeting place for men who enjoyed the company of men. And, some of them were being brutally murdered. When one of the suspects from the original case appears at the hotel, Stiles is torn between his desire to stop a killer and kiss the man senseless.
Two different cases, but some of the faces overlap from one to the other. Stiles and Lizzie are in a race to discover who the killers are before another body gets added to the count.
182 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 24, 2018
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June 23, 2018
FYI, Murder in New York is the third book in Baty's The Pinkerton Man series, and while I did not read the first two, I still enjoyed this book (although I definitely now plan to go back and read the other books.)
The book is set in New York City (I could find no specific year, but I'm assuming the early years of the 1900's) and Pinkerton agents Lizzie Ferguson and Stiles Long are visiting Lizzie's ailing father, who turns out to be not only hale and hearty, but married to a much younger woman. Lizzie struggles with her father's assumption that she will marry a man of his choosing and settle down to a life of society parties and babies. So when Lizzie's father is murdered, Lizzie is the main suspect ... and her derringer has gone missing.
Stiles is investigating another case, similar to one in St. Louis with murdered male prostitutes and it seems a strange coincidence when Michael O'Leary (one of the suspects in the first case) appears in NYC and captivates Stiles once again. And when what starts out as a hook-up turns into something much deeply, Stiles struggles to believe that two men can have a loving relationship in a time when gay men are beaten, murdered and jailed.
I really enjoyed this story as Baty entwines the two stories and juggles characters and personalities into a compelling murder mystery, plus giving Lizzie and Stiles each a romantic subplot. There is not a lot of extraneous details about the time period, yet the era and setting feels authentic.
I had a few niggles about the book, primarily that it needs to be proofread again. There are several misspellings and incorrect word usage, i.e. "accept" instead of "except" throughout. Also, the mystery plot kept my interest, but the resolution was totally dependent on the first book in the series, and there was no further explanation about the murderer. Along the same lines, I would have liked just a few sentences of background about various characters featured in other books, so as to have a better sense of how they fit into the story.
4 stars for Murder in New York and I look forward to reading the next book in the series, coming in late 2018.
I received an ARC from the author in exchange for an honest review.
Review also posted at Gay Book Reviews - check it out!
The book is set in New York City (I could find no specific year, but I'm assuming the early years of the 1900's) and Pinkerton agents Lizzie Ferguson and Stiles Long are visiting Lizzie's ailing father, who turns out to be not only hale and hearty, but married to a much younger woman. Lizzie struggles with her father's assumption that she will marry a man of his choosing and settle down to a life of society parties and babies. So when Lizzie's father is murdered, Lizzie is the main suspect ... and her derringer has gone missing.
Stiles is investigating another case, similar to one in St. Louis with murdered male prostitutes and it seems a strange coincidence when Michael O'Leary (one of the suspects in the first case) appears in NYC and captivates Stiles once again. And when what starts out as a hook-up turns into something much deeply, Stiles struggles to believe that two men can have a loving relationship in a time when gay men are beaten, murdered and jailed.
I really enjoyed this story as Baty entwines the two stories and juggles characters and personalities into a compelling murder mystery, plus giving Lizzie and Stiles each a romantic subplot. There is not a lot of extraneous details about the time period, yet the era and setting feels authentic.
I had a few niggles about the book, primarily that it needs to be proofread again. There are several misspellings and incorrect word usage, i.e. "accept" instead of "except" throughout. Also, the mystery plot kept my interest, but the resolution was totally dependent on the first book in the series, and there was no further explanation about the murderer. Along the same lines, I would have liked just a few sentences of background about various characters featured in other books, so as to have a better sense of how they fit into the story.
4 stars for Murder in New York and I look forward to reading the next book in the series, coming in late 2018.
I received an ARC from the author in exchange for an honest review.
Review also posted at Gay Book Reviews - check it out!
October 27, 2018
I did enjoy this one, perhaps better than the first book.
Stiles and Michael were good together and i enjoyed that they were able to get on and get more than just a passing liaison.
Lizzie’s father went from good to bad to good to bad - as well as his final situation. The murder enquiry there had a good number of red herrings and potential suspects but I did wonder about the what and who of Winston.
Lots of alternative relationships not always accepted or understood as in keeping with the times though the bar meets were quite avant garde.
The main suspect and his ties to the earlier stories means that really that first instalment needs reading.
Stiles and Michael were good together and i enjoyed that they were able to get on and get more than just a passing liaison.
Lizzie’s father went from good to bad to good to bad - as well as his final situation. The murder enquiry there had a good number of red herrings and potential suspects but I did wonder about the what and who of Winston.
Lots of alternative relationships not always accepted or understood as in keeping with the times though the bar meets were quite avant garde.
The main suspect and his ties to the earlier stories means that really that first instalment needs reading.
October 11, 2019
“Murder in New York” is the break out story for Lizzie Ferguson. It takes Lizzie home to New York where an overbearing father tries to control Lizzie’s life and makes her a suspect in a murder. While in New York, Stiles get’s caught up in a serial murder case, similar to what took place in St. Louis, and he comes face to face with someone from his past.
September 27, 2021
Al For One and One For All
This review is the same for each of the first four books in this series. The reason is that I thought this one was going to be the last one, and at the end of it author C.J. Baty confesses that she had decided to add a fifth which will come out sometime in 2022.
Given that situation, I thought it would behoove me to engage readers for a moment to let you know that this is an astonishingly terrific adventure-love story with three brilliantly detailed MC's: Stiles Long, the Pinkerton Man; Lizzie Ferguson, his best friend but not lover; and Michael O'Leary, who lurked around in Book 1 and came into his own in the next one as the linchpin for all that follows between the three of them.
I cannot give this series anything less than across-the-board five stars for milieu (early 1900s), character development, plot line and incredibly steamy love scenes.
I cannot wait for the fifth, but meanwhile, grab the first four and wallow in astonishment at how good this series is.
This review is the same for each of the first four books in this series. The reason is that I thought this one was going to be the last one, and at the end of it author C.J. Baty confesses that she had decided to add a fifth which will come out sometime in 2022.
Given that situation, I thought it would behoove me to engage readers for a moment to let you know that this is an astonishingly terrific adventure-love story with three brilliantly detailed MC's: Stiles Long, the Pinkerton Man; Lizzie Ferguson, his best friend but not lover; and Michael O'Leary, who lurked around in Book 1 and came into his own in the next one as the linchpin for all that follows between the three of them.
I cannot give this series anything less than across-the-board five stars for milieu (early 1900s), character development, plot line and incredibly steamy love scenes.
I cannot wait for the fifth, but meanwhile, grab the first four and wallow in astonishment at how good this series is.
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