Review by Booklist Review
Rose Gallagher is a Pinkerton agency trainee in this sequel to Murder on Millionaires' Row (2018). She weathers the scorn of some other fledgling agents as she's been partnered with (and has a hopeless crush on) established agent Thomas Wiltshire, who happens to be wealthy. The partners must use their wiles to find a mysterious man possibly a shade, or malevolent ghost who has killed six delegates at the New York City Republican convention, where Theodore Roosevelt is vying for mayoral election. Roosevelt isn't the only luminary here; Rose and Thomas are assisted in their exciting adventures by none other than inventor Nikola Tesla, who creates devices that help the pair detect those who are lucky, or have supernatural powers. Upon the pair bumping into Mark Twain at Tesla's workshop, readers may wonder if every famous person of the age will make an appearance; this slightly incredible feature is made up for, however, by the wonderful characters and intricately described class divides of the time. For fans of the previous book and of Amanda Allen's Santa Fe Revival mysteries.--Henrietta Verma Copyright 2010 Booklist
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
Lindsey's rollicking sequel to 2018's Murder on Millionaire's Row finds former housemaid Rose Gallagher working with Thomas Wiltshire, her onetime employer, in the secret Pinkerton Detective Agency branch that handles crimes with supernatural aspects. In 1886, 27-year-old Theodore Roosevelt is running for mayor of New York on a platform promising reform of the city's corrupt political machine. When Roosevelt's six most committed supporters die almost simultaneously at the Republican Convention, the coroner blames typhoid, but the bodies show neither disease nor any other obvious cause of death. That the police are ordered not to investigate suggests a high-level cover-up. Could the deaths be the work of a ghostly "shade"? Gallagher and Wiltshire enlist the ingenuity of inventor Nikola Tesla to find out. The stakes rise when someone attempts to kill Roosevelt. Readers will relate to Rose as she struggles to acclimate to her new station in life and manage her attraction to the debonair Wiltshire. Fans of paranormal historicals will be well satisfied. Agent: Lisa Rodgers, Jabberwocky Literary. (Sept.)
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Review by Library Journal Review
In the second Rose Gallagher mystery (after Murder on Millionaires' Row), six political delegates are found dead of mysterious causes, and the Pinkertons are on the case. Will the mayoral candidates, including Theodore Roosevelt, be the next targets? Does anyone actually believe that the deaths were isolated cases of typhoid? Rose's enthusiasm for her first big case interrupts her waltz, weapon, and martial arts Pinkerton training, and lands her in precarious predicaments in which Thomas Wiltshire, her former employer, inevitably comes to her aid. The case's dangerous, mystical scenarios criss-cross society and social convention and add to the will-they-or-won't-they romantic tension between Rose and Thomas; their loyalties are tested with each new clue and level of political bribery they uncover. Peppered with Gilded Age celebrities such as Roosevelt, Nikola Tesla, and Mark Twain, this case helps Rose solidify her belief in herself and her career choice. There are also substantial story lines involving Rose's mom and friend Pietro that will reward series readers. VERDICT If Amy Stewart's adventures featuring Miss Kopp married an episode of TV's Murdoch Mysteries, it would become this book's balanced blend of mysticism and mystery. [See Prepub Alert, 2/25/19.]-Tina Panik, Avon Free P.L., CT © Copyright 2019. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Kirkus Book Review
An Irish maid-turned-Pinkerton agent never lets being out of her depth stop her.Rose Gallagher and her former employer and true love, wealthy Englishman Thomas Wiltshire, are working for Pinkerton's special branch. Rose is in training, learning to shoot, ride, and defend herself, when they're called back to New York, where Rose has been helping to find paranormal entities. Rose's encounter with a ghost (Murder on Millionaires' Row, 2018) left her with the ability to sense shades, and she's learned that some people, including Wiltshire and his friend Jonathan Burrows, have varied special powers called "lucks." Sgt. Chapman, one of the few honest police officers in 1886 New York, tells Rose about the deaths of six delegates to the Republican Convention from unknown causes that the chief of detectives, who's in thrall to Tammany Hall, is passing off as a rare form of typhoid. The case is far above Chapman's pay grade but perfect for the Pinkertons. Since Burrows' luck is the ability to tell where an object has been by touching it, Rose sends him to the morgue in hopes that he can sniff out a clue. The six delegates were all backing mayoral candidate Theodore Roosevelt. Is TR now in danger himself? Although the case has been hushed up, a coroner on the Pinkerton payroll thinks the cause of death is cardiac failure, suggesting a shade whose very touch can cause death. Rose and Wiltshire continue to hunt for the killer as she gingerly mingles with ultrasnobbish New York socialites and meets brilliant inventor Nikola Tesla, whose ideas lead them to seek not a shade but a man whose luck is the ability to kill with a touch.A rousing paranormal adventure that explores the vast class differences shaping the heroine's romance, with real historical personages adding a fillip. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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