“A Curtain Falls” by Stefanie Pintoff, $24.99 Historical New York never ceases to be rich fodder for some of crime fiction’s most intriguing plots. In her second novel, Stefanie Pintoff ...

At the turn of the century, New York served as the epicenter of America’s Gilded Age. Those who have seen the period drama know that city socialite Caroline Astor hosted lavish parties at her ...

Sante is expert in the excavation of neglected and buried histories: Her books Low Life, a survey of the fabric of turn-of-the-century New York, and Evidence, an examination of the tragically ...

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