New York City 1930. Justice Joseph Crater has mysteriously disappeared after leaving Greenwich Village's Club Abbey, a speakeasy owned by notorious gangster Owney "The Killer" Madden. The Wife, the Maid and the Mistress, an entertaining historical mystery, explores the events of the scandal-marked disappearance of the infamous, corrupt judge from the perspectives of his wife, his mistress and his housemaid, the three women who knew him best.
"This story is at once an intricate tale of disparate but coexisting definitions of love and loyalty as well as a tale of what it meant to be a person of power in New York City in the early 20th century. Historical fiction and true crime readers will thoroughly enjoy this book. Although this novel is dubbed a debut, Lawhon has published previous fiction, including Eye of the God, under the pen name Ariel Allison." Library Journal Reviews
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