The wicked widow / Beatriz Williams.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063144736 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 434 pages ; 24 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
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| Subject: | Man-woman relationships > Fiction. Married women > Fiction. Murder > Fiction. Nineteen twenties > Fiction. Rich people > Fiction. Secrecy > Fiction. Socialites > Fiction. New York (N.Y.) > History > 1898-1951 > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cookstown Branch | FIC Willi | 31681010254910 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
While digging up dirt on a Presidential candidate at the behest of her 90-something society queen aunt, pregnant Ella Dommerich, with the help of her mysterious connection to a certain redheaded flapper, stands between a ruthless family and the prize itâs sought for generations. 30,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
Two intertwined stories--one set in 1924 and featuring Geneva "Gin" Kelly and another set in 1998 featuring Ella Dommerich--follow these two determined women as they uncover long-buried secrets and unsettle New York City's richest families - Baker & Taylor
June 1925. Flapper Geneva "Gin" Kelly prepares for respectable marriage to Oliver Anson Marshall, a steadfast Prohibition agent who happens to hail from one of New York's most distinguished families. When the head of the notorious East Coast rum-running racket-- Anson's mortal enemy-- turns up murdered at a society funeral, Anson is sent back undercover ... and into the jaws of a trap from which not even Gin can rescue him. June 1998. Ella Dommerich's ninety-something aunt Julie ropes her into digging updirt on Senator (and Presidential candidate) Franklin Hardcastle in order to settle old family scores. When the Hardcastle secrets lead to a web of shady dealings Ella has uncovered in her job as a financial analyst, Elle is soon standing alone between alegendarily ruthless family and the prize it has sought for generations - HARPERCOLL
Gin Kelly, the wicked redhead, is back! Readers will delight in next installment of the Wicked City series by New York Times bestselling author Beatriz Williams.Â
June 1925. Audacious Appalachian flapper Geneva âGinâ Kelly prepares to trade her high-flying ways for respectable marriage to Oliver Anson Marshall, a steadfast Prohibition agent who happens to hail from one of New Yorkâs most distinguished families. But just as wedding bells chime, the head of the notorious East Coast rum-running racketâand Ansonâs mortal enemyâturns up murdered at a society funeral, and their short-lived honeymoon bliss goes up in a spectacular blaze that sends Anson back undercover...and into the jaws of a trap from which not even Gin can rescue him. As violence explodes around her, Gin must summon all her considerable moxie to trace the tentacles of this sinister organization back to their shocking source, and face down a legendary American family at a rigged game it has no intention of losing.June 1998. When Ella Dommerichâs ninetysomething society queen aunt Julie ropes her into digging up dirt on Senator (and Presidential candidate) Franklin Hardcastle in order to settle old family scores, she couldnât be less enthusiastic. Pregnant Ellaâs recently ditched her unfaithful husband and settled into cozyâif complicatedâdomesticity with her almost-too-good-to-be-true musician boyfriend, Hector. But then the Hardcastle secrets lead to a web of shady dealings Ellaâs uncovered in her job as a financial analyst, and the bodies start to tumble out of the venerable woodwork. With the help of her ex-husband and her mysterious connection to a certain redheaded flapper, Ella digs up more than mere dirtâ¦only to discover herself standing alone between a legendarily ruthless family and the prize itâs sought for generations.
What ugly secrets lurk in the opulent enclavesâand bank accounts--of Americaâs richest families? And can two determined women from two different generations thwart the murderous legacy of the demon liquor?