Cette série transporte les lecteurs dans le New York âpre et tumultueux du milieu du XIXe siècle, berceau de la première force de police de la ville. Suivez les parcours captivants d'hommes courageux qui s'efforcent de maintenir l'ordre au milieu de tensions croissantes, de défis liés à l'immigration et d'une criminalité débridée. Chaque affaire révèle les sombres secrets de la ville, explorant les thèmes du fanatisme et de la bravoure. Les amateurs de mystères historiques et de récits atmosphériques seront captivés par ce récit immersif.
Joining the newly formed NYPD in 1845, Timothy reluctantly assumes his duties near the notorious Five Points slum, where in the middle of the night he hears a little girl's claim that dozens of bodies have been buried in a local forest.
'This is a series for the ages, it's so spectacular. Really, really just amazing' Gillian Flynn: From the author of the highly acclaimed GODS OF GOTHAM comes another vivid, gritty, historical novel set around mid-nineteenth century New York's notorious Five Points
Reluctantly embroiled in a 1840s dispute between a corrupt Tammany Hall leader and an arsonist with an agenda, Copper Star Timothy Wilde finds his investigation challenged by his brother's decision to run for public office.