Freddie Archer is a keeper for me. She is based on Lois Long, a New Yorker Columnist who was on the scene in the 1920s. Freddie’s job is to party everywhere in New York during Prohibition, writing a cheeky column on all the best places to go, her celebrity friends and fashion, fashion, fashion. Mulhern weaves in friendships with Dorothy Parker and connections with others of the Algonquin Round Table, famous actors and agents and more. Freddie’s connections and the nature of her work put her in close proximity to bootleggers and the murders in this novel involve the criminal part of Prohibition. Her risk taking ways make her a great character to become an amateur sleuth, which happens. This was just a fun book, kind of Phryne Fisher in Manhattan in terms of her brains, wit, connections and independence. The plot was well wrought, the real and wholly fictional characters were entertaining and the setting is a blast. More, please.
Murder in Manhattan – Julie Mulhern
Published by Emily Leader
I have been an avid reader since Dick and Jane met Sally. At age 7, I read my parents' first edition of "To Kill a Mockingbird." I am a retired lawyer and so read almost only fiction for pleasure. I'm adding in nonfiction these days, largely on social justice matters but also history, biography, and weird topics that catch my imagination. I used to read only serially, one book at a time. Presently, I read paperbacks, hardcovers, listen to audible, listen to CDs and read online through Net Galley. Covid-19 has caused me to read a lot so I have re-upped my Goodreads challenge for 2021 and am starting to review at least my favorite finds annd, perhaps, some stinkers. View all posts by Emily Leader
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