num_pages: 264
description: While looking into the disappearance of a missing freelance book reviewer, McIlvaine, a reporter, finds himself roaming around the underground world of 1890s New York City, where he discovers a strange doctor who can keep the rich alive through macabre methods. Reprint.
language: English
title: The Waterworks
titlecomplete: The Waterworks
genres: American, New York, Historical Fiction, Historical, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Mystery, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 3204
places: New York City, New York
publisher: Plume