ABANDONED. Manhattan map on first page

[Malgorzata]

Dear Goodreaders,

I have been looking for this book for years now. Its quite thick, about 700-800 pages.Its a novel. There is a map of Manhattan on the first page and first sentence goes a little bit like this :" I always hated smell of hospitals". For some reason I think the title or cover might have "metropolitan" or "cosmopolitan" write somewhere.

Thank you very much for your help

[Ann aka Iftcan]

When did you read this book Malgozata? Do you have any memory of the genre--literary fiction, sci-fi, historical, romance? Where did you find it? How did you find it? What age group is it aimed at?

[Malgorzata]

I read this book in 2005 however it was published at least in early 90, given the condition on the cover:) I found the book in old used books store. It was definitely adult read. It was contemporary fiction, thriller maybe. It's a long shot, I know, but it's been eating me for 10 years:(

[Kristina]

It doesn't have that first sentence, but it is big New York.

[Malgorzata]

I'll definitely check that out however I'm pretty sure I would remember that title :)Also the book I read took place only in the present times, probably 90'.And Edward Rutherfurd book was published in 2009, I read it in 2005 and it was pretty old by then :D:) Thank you for your time

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Malgorzata, are you still looking for this or did you find it?

[Malgorzata]

I'm still looking, any help would be very appreciated

[Kris]

Malgorzata, can you tell us about the plot and main characters?

Did the story take place only in Manhattan?


A long shot - Well and Truly (1990, 400 pages) by Evelyn Wilde Mayerson? "With the sudden and unexpected death of her husband, Maggie Hatch faces a variety of other problems, including her daughter dropping out of college, and serving as a juror in a murder trial."

The Google Books preview offers a snippet search - https://books.google.com/books?id=fEL...

p.390 - "Maggie controlled an impulse to smile and collected her belongings. She put on her Manhattan winter coat, a hated Lanvin leather trimmed at the hood and cuffs with Mongolian goat - a gift of Sybil's..."

p.391 - "I hate hospitals," replied Kristen. "They smell funny and they're noisy. I'd rather come next week." Maggie felt a lurch, a jolt in the solar plexus at the memory of the last time she had been in a hospital.

[Malgorzata]

I'm afraid I don't remember much of the plot. I'm pretty sure it was murder investigation/ detective story or thriller based in New York city in the recent times. The one thigh I remember clearly is the cover(city skyscrapers) the map of New York and/or Manhattan on the first page and the description of hospital smell on the first page. It was narrated in first person by a men.

[Megan]

I don't know if this is it but I figured it's worth a shot.

Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye.

[Kris]

No response, moving to Abandoned folder.

Malgorzata (OP) lasted posted to the group in June 2021.