Lyndsay Faye

California native Lindsay Faye moved to New York to pursue her passion for Theatre. With the incessant nature of auditioning taking its toll, and the misfortune of the restaurant she worked for being bulldozed, Lindsay was forced look for other work to support her Broadway dreams. While job hunting, Lindsay penned her first novel, Dust and Shadow. With her latest novel, Gods of Gotham, Lindsay again combines fiction with true events, this time taking her story to New York during the summer of 1845 and the formation of the NYPD, a devastating fire in Manhattan, the Irish Potato Famine and the cataclysm caused by these events.

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Lyndsay Faye will sign and discuss her new book, The Gods of Gotham (Amy Einhorn Books; $25.95).

Lyndsay Faye is the author of critically acclaimed Dust and Shadow, and is featured in Best American Mystery Stories 2010. Faye, a true New Yorker in the sense that she was born elsewhere, lives in Manhattan with her husband, Gabriel.

John's Review of The Gods of Gotham: My first contender for book of the year. This book just immediately grabbed me any wouldn't let go. Set in 1845, it gives the reader incite into a very interesting period in New York's history. As the Irish flood into the city to escape dying of starvation back at home, the city creates a new group of police officers. Neither are well received in the city.

Timothy Wilde, a new police officer, is on patrol one night when a young girl runs into him. She doesn't seem to be injured, but her clothes are drenched in blood. Against his better judgement, Wilde takes the young girl home with him. The investigation into what happened to her will change his life and his career forever.

The characters are all complex. Timothy Wilde is essentially forced into being a copper star after a fire leaves him jobless, homeless, and disfigured. His former skills as a bartender lend well to his new profession. I'm anxious for more books featuring Timothy as he could easily become one of my favorite detectives in the mystery genre. HIs police work is as much about following clues as it is about being able to read people. I enjoyed watching him grow over the course of the book, and enjoyed the tender moments he shares with Bird Daly.

Faye has created a story that will you teach you a lot about the politics of NYC at the time, and introduce you to characters that will stay with you well after you've finished the book. I can't recommend this one enough!

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