Murder in Manhattan

Inspired by one of the first real-life female columnists at the New Yorker, this enticing historical mystery follows Freddie Archer as she solves crimes while reporting on the glamorous world of the rich and famous in 1920s Manhattan.

This writer just found her next scoop . . . and it’s deadly.

New York, 1925 – Freddie Archer frequents speakeasies and wild parties with her friends Dorothy Parker and Tallulah Bankhead. And the best part is that it’s all in a day’s work. Freddie loves her job writing the nightlife column for Gotham Magazine.

But Freddie’s latest piece just won her a bit more attention than she bargained for—from the police. A man mentioned in her column has been murdered. And Freddie is asked to keep an eye out for his fashionable female dinner companion. She’s told in no uncertain terms to stay out of the case herself.

So naturally, Freddie throws herself into an investigation that takes her from the elegant stores that line Fifth Avenue to the tenements south of Houston Street. Now between sipping gin rickeys with Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald and casting Broadway shows with Groucho Marx, she’s dodging bullets and dating a potentially dangerous bootlegger.

Freddie wanted adventure and excitement. But will she survive it?

• “A page-turning trip to 1920s Manhattan with real-life celebrities and a spunky heroine as a guide.”
  
  
   
  Rhys Bowen, New York Times bestselling author
• "Mulhern launches a snappy historical series centered on 1920s nightlife columnist Winifred “Freddie” Archer. Immersive, fast-paced, and entertaining, this promises good things to come. "
   
  Publishers Weekly
• "Writing with a snappy sense of wit, Mulhern offers readers a marvelously madcap protagonist with moxie to spare, as well as a fascinating cast of supporting characters that includes historical figures such as Dorothy Parker, Tallulah Bankhead, and Groucho Marx. Plenty of deftly handled period details enhance the Prohibition-era setting of this novel that neatly blends historical fiction, mystery, and a dash of romance into one splendidly entertaining plot. Fans of Susanna Calkins’s Gina Ricci books or Nekesa Afia’s Harlem Renaissance mysteries (or even readers old enough to fondly remember K. K. Beck’s splendid Iris Cooper series) will find Mulhern’s captivating new book to be the cat’s pajamas."
   
  Library Journal, starred review
• "Sex and the City, circa 1920. Mulhern gives Freddie a host of colorful characters to play off, but her spirited heroine is clearly the star of the show."
  Kirkus Reviews