Brooklyn Graves

by Triss Stein

Overview

A brutally murdered family man without an enemy in the world. A box full of charming letters home, written a century ago by an unknown female worker at the famed Tiffany studios. Historic Green-Wood cemetery, where a decrepit mausoleum with stunning stained glass windows is now off limits. Suddenly, all of this is part of Erica Donato's life.

Erica is a youngish single mother of a teen, an oldish history grad student, and the lowest person on the totem pole of the history museum where she works.

Soon secrets begin to emerge in the most unexpected places. An admirable life was not what it seemed, confiding letters conceal their most important story. All set against the background of the splendid old cemetery and the life of modern Brooklyn, the stories of old families and old loves with hidden ties merges with new crimes and the true value of art.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781615954711
Publisher:	Poisoned Pen Press
Publication date:	04/02/2024
Series:	Erica Donato Mysteries , #2
Sold by:	OPEN ROAD INTEGRATED - EBKS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	258
File size:	1 MB
Age Range:	14 - 18 Years

About the Author

Triss Stein is a small-town girl who has spent most of her adult life living and working in New York City. This gives her the useful double vision of a stranger and a resident which she uses to write mysteries about Brooklyn, her ever-fascinating, ever-changing, ever-challenging adopted home. Brooklyn Legacies is the fifth Erica Donato mystery, following Brooklyn Bones, Brooklyn Graves, Brooklyn Secrets, and Brooklyn Wars.

Editorial Reviews

"Even more absorbing than the well-plotted mystery is her vibrant depiction of Brooklyn." — Margaret Maron, New York Times bestselling author

"Stein's second issues-oriented series entry is an enticing introduction to Brooklyn's immigrant history. This perfect tie-in with Susan Vreeland's historical novel, Clara and Mr. Tiffany, will also appeal to Kathleen Ernst and Joan Hess ("Claire Malloy" series) readers." — Library Journal

"The independent Erica is an interesting character, too, especially for her era: a widow earning her PhD in history while working part-time who has difficult relationships with her teenage daughter and her somewhat overbearing father. A couple of possible love interests on the horizon add to the appeal of this engaging historical-mystery series." — Booklist

"Stein gives an economical but vivid sense of Erica’s Brooklyn neighborhood, and the characterization is wonderful—especially the wryly self-aware narrator’s recognition of how much her own confusion is mirrored in her daughter’s behavior." — Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher

Brooklyn Graves is a fascinating and engaging...perfectly balances history of the Tiffany windows into a fictional and engaging story interwoven masterfully.

Midwest Book Review - Teri Davis

Triss Stein escapes the sophomore curse with the second in her Erica Donato series. Even more absorbing than the well-plotted mystery is her vibrant depiction of Brooklyn. From Little Odessa to the endlessly fascinating Green-Wood Cemetery, her book is a love letter to the borough.

award winning author of the Deborah Knott Series Margaret Maron

BROOKLYN GRAVES is a rich and textured story about a rich and textured Brooklyn, both past and present. I loved being there!

author of Professor Karen Pelletier Mysteries Joanne Dobson

Assigned by her boss at the Brooklyn Historical Museum to work with the arrogant Thomas Flint, the leading expert on Tiffany artwork, Erica Donato delves into boxes of letters and sketches by Maude Cooper, a young woman Flint suspects was a "Tiffany girl," one of the women in Tiffany's all-female design studio. When Erica learns her good family friend Dima was murdered, she and her teenage daughter, Chris, comfort the widow and her son, and Erica soon becomes involved in the search for Dima's killer. Is his murder connected with Erica's work project? Then a second murder occurs. Fascinating details of Tiffany and his glass windows, along with the life of a young girl from the Midwest now living and working in 1904 Manhattan, frame the story. The independent Erica is an interesting character, too, especially for her era: a widow working on her PhD in history while working part-time and who has difficult relationships with her teenage daughter and her somewhat overbearing father. A couple of possible love interests on the horizon add to the appeal of this engaging historical-mystery series.

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