Title: A promise of ruin
Description: "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"--
Subjects: Social life and customs, Kidnapping, Investigation, Black Hand (United States), Women psychiatrists, Fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Women psychiatrists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction, Black Hand (United States) -- Fiction, Kidnapping -- Investigation -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction, New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
Places: New York (State), New York (N.Y.), New York
Time periods: 20th century