num_pages: 311
description: To stop the trafficking ring plaguing her city, Dr. Genevieve Summerford must dive into New York’s underworld In early 1900s New York, the formidable crime syndicate known as the Black Hand has been terrorizing the city's Italian community with bombings and kidnappings. When a young Italian girl is found drowned and sexually defiled, Dr. Genevieve Summerford suspects the organization has expanded into forced prostitution, and she won't rest until the trafficking ring is brought to justice.
language: English
title: A Promise of Ruin
publisher: Poisoned Pen Press