The White City: True Colors: Historical Stories of American Crime

by Grace Hitchcock

Overview

Mysterious Disappearances Taint the Chicago World’s FairStep into True Colors — a new series of Historical Stories of Romance and American Crime

While attending the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893, Winnifred Wylde believes she witnessed a woman being kidnapped. She tries to convince her father, an inspector with the Chicago police, to look into reports of mysterious disappearances around the White City. Inspector Wylde tries to dismiss her claims as exaggeration of an overactive imagination, but he eventually concedes to letting her go undercover as secretary to the man in question—if she takes her pistol for protection and Jude Thorpe, a policeman, for bodyguard.

Will she be able to expose H. H. Holmes’s illicit activity, or will Winnifred become his next victim?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781683228684
Publisher:	Barbour Publishing, Incorporated
Publication date:	03/01/2019
Series:	True Colors Series
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Grace Hitchcock is the author of three novellas in The Second Chance Brides, The Southern Belle Brides, and the Thimbles and Threads collections with Barbour Publishing. The White City is her debut novel and releases March 2019 with Barbour Publishing. She holds a Masters in Creative Writing and a Bachelor of Arts in English with a minor in History. Grace lives in southern Louisiana with her husband, Dakota, and son. Visit Grace online at GraceHitchcock.com.

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Editorial Reviews

01/28/2019

In 1893 Chicago, the World’s Fair brings excitement to residents and visitors, and danger to a group of young ladies in this rousing solo debut novel from Hitchock (after the anthology The Southern Belle Brides Collection). Winnifred Wylde, the police inspector’s debutante daughter who yearns more for adventure than for matrimony, witnesses a woman’s abduction at the fair. In need of help with the case, her father allows her to discreetly investigate and assigns detective Jude Thorpe to tail her for protection. Winnie quickly discovers the undercover cop, and when she meets the man she believes is the criminal, Mr. Henry Howard Holmes, Jude partners with her in a sting operation. Winnie finds real-life danger much different from that in the novels she enjoys reading, but her fortitude and faith sustain her through several suspenseful moments. Will she find the evidence she needs to reveal Holmes’s perfidy, or will she become his next victim? The dangerous project draws Winnie and Jude closer together, but her father’s refusal to consider a lawman as his daughter’s husband thwarts their desires. Hitchcock keeps the pace quick and tension high as the characters face dangers both physical and emotional. Readers will enjoy the snappy dialogue, vivid depictions of the famous World’s Fair, and the surprising historical details. Agent: Tamela Hancock Murray, Steve Laube Agency. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly

A delightful debut! Bursting with intrigue, romance, and historical tidbits that bring Chicago during the Gilded Age to vivid life, The White City is a story that’s certainly destined for the keeper shelf.”
–Jen Turano, USA Today bestselling author 

“From the first sentence until the last, Hitchcock has crafted a tale that weaves in and out and all around, keeping me guessing until the final page was turned. The White City is a story I won’t soon forget!”
—Kathleen Y’Barbo, author of The Alamo Bride,The Pirate Bride and My Heart Belongs in Galveston, Texas 

From the Publisher

The White City offers up a terrific adventure of murder and intrigue that transcends far beyond exotic exhibits and cotton candy at the Chicago World’s Fair. The ebb and flow of the story was consistent in moving the story along at a nice clip without lending way to obvious predictability. Her timing was spot on when the spotlight was finally cast on the villain. Well done Ms. Hitchcock! I look forward to the next installment in this series.

Feathered Quill - Diane Lunsford