Noirlem: The Long & Short of It

The years is 1929 and from the fog-laden ports of Manhattantown to the bustling scenes of Harlem nightlife, a maniac hunts in Old New York. The Hudson River Killer has thus far gone unnoticed by authorities, but an unlikely partnership between a rookie detective and a brilliant man will bring the hunt to the hunter.

Coleman Carmichael is a part-time teacher, part-time tutor, and full-time learner, a consummately curious man with a gift for deductive reasoning. But when he solves a mysterious...