Title: The devil's half mile
Description: "Seven years after a financial crisis nearly toppled America, traders chafe at government regulations, racial tensions are rising, gangs roam the streets and corrupt financiers make back-door deals with politicians... 1799 was a hell of a year. Thanks to Alexander Hamilton, America has recovered from the panic on the Devil's Half Mile (aka Wall Street), but the young country is still finding its way. When young lawyer Justy Flanagan returns to solve his father's murder, he exposes a massive fraud that has already claimed lives, and one the perpetrators are determined to keep secret at any cost. The body count is rising, and the looming crisis could topple the nation"--Amazon.
Subjects: Fiction, Legal stories, Murder, Investigation, History, Crime, fiction, Lawyers, fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction, Fiction, legal, Fiction, thrillers, Fiction, historical, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Fiction, thrillers, general
Places: New York (N.Y.)
Time periods: 1775-1865