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Second Street Station: A Mary Handley Mystery (edizione 2015)

di Lawrence H. Levy (Autore)

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Fiction. Mystery. Thriller. Historical Fiction. HTML:A historical mystery featuring the witty and wily Mary Handley, the first woman detective in Brooklyn, as she tries to prove herself in a man's world while solving a high profile murder.

Mary Handley is a not your typical late-nineteenth century lady. She's fiery, clever, daring??and she's not about to conform to the gender norms of the day. Not long after being fired from her job at the hat factory for insubordinate behavior, Mary finds herself at the murder scene of Charles Goodrich, the brother of a prominent alderman and former bookkeeper of Thomas Edison. When Mary proves her acumen as a sleuth, she is hired by the Brooklyn police department??as the city's first female policewoman??to solve the crime. The top brass of the department expect her to fail, but Mary has other plans. As she delves into the mystery, she finds herself questioning the likes of J. P. Morgan, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Tesla. Mary soon discovers the key to solving the case goes well beyond finding a murderer and depends on her ability to unearth the machinations of the city's most prominent and respected public figures, men who will go to great lengths to protect their secrets.
Much like Mr. Churchill's Secretary and Maisie Dobbs, Second Street Station presents a portrait of a world plunging into modernity through the eyes of a clever female sleuth. Mary Handley is an unforgettable protagonist whose wit, humor, and charm will delight readers from the very first page.
Don't miss any of Lawrence H. Levy's enchanting Mary Handley mysteries:
SECOND STREET STATION
  • BROOKLYN ON FIRE
  • LAST STOP IN BROOKLYN
  • NEAR PROSPECT PARK (Coming Soon!)… (altro)
Utente:JMigotsky
Titolo:Second Street Station: A Mary Handley Mystery
Autori:Lawrence H. Levy (Autore)
Info:Crown (2015), 336 pages
Collezioni:In lettura, Da leggere, Letti ma non posseduti
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Mary Handley is quite an attractive girl. I felt sorry for her because her wit and her unusual interests for that time often made her the subject of mockery, even in her own family. And I was happy that she got the chance to show herself.

I liked the historical background a lot. After reading this book, I learned a lot about Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, the invention of Coca-Cola (not all from the book, but it made me look up the information in Google).

The person of a murderer turned out to be rather unexpected for me. But this only added to my liking of the book. ( )
  Diana_Hryniuk | Mar 22, 2023 |
Mary Hadley is hired by the Brooklyn police department to solve a murder, but they are expecting her to fail, but she is determined to prove them wrong. Charles Goodrich, the man that was killed used to work for Thomas Edison. Could Edison be involved with this murder or someone else as famous as him like J. P. Morgan or and Nikola Tesla? And, why would anyone murder Charles Goodrich. Did he know something about Edison that could damage the man's reputation?

This book was a pleasant surprise. I started to read it last night and finished it this morning. I like reading historical fiction with real people in it and it was interesting to read a murder mystery that involved Edison and Tesla.

Mary Hadley has always been the odd one out in her family so becoming a policewoman seems perfect for her, especially since she wanted to be a detective when she was little and witnessed a murder. It was sometimes I bit frustrating to read how good she was and special and there are several times in this book that everything is so bloody convenient for her, her knowledge of jujitsu for instance or that she had a piece of glass on her to defend herself. And, every time she happened to be at the right place at the right time. Like the murder, she witnessed as a child or when the parents of a friend she knew were killed or when she happens to stop by the police station and saves a man's life, etc. I mean come one. Is it something I'm really having a problem with when it comes to in a story is when everything is convenient for the main character throughout the book. It takes away a bit of the fun of reading.

But, despite that was the book enjoyable, the ending surprising, I did like Mary and I wouldn't mind reading the next book in the series.

I received the book from Blogging for Books in exchange for an honest review. ( )
  MaraBlaise | Jul 23, 2022 |
I only gave this 1 star, because there is no way to give it a negative.

Although I certainly like historical mysteries with intrepid female protagonists, I hated this book for its violence.

No matter I liked Mary Handley & her boss... the rest put me off completely. I've known most of my adult life that Thomas Edison was a jerk and this book showed it off.

At age 12, Mary, was at the scene of a crime that took place in railroad car. As a most precocious & intelligent child, Mary knew that the man had been murdered as opposed to committing suicide as was declared.

As an adult, Mary worked in a hat factory cum sweatshop, for a most odious woman... Until she was fired for refusing to kowtow.

She then happens upon the scene of a murder and although the police once again prefer to label the death a suicide, the coroner agrees with Mary's assessment and corroborates her conclusions; which prompts the powers that be into hiring her, with the motive that she'll make a fool of herself & her boss.

This book was very similar to the Anna Blanc mysteries that take place in Victorian Los Angeles, but not as entertaining and certainly extremely more violent.

Due to the gratuitous violence, I will not be reading the rest of the series. ( )
  Auntie-Nanuuq | May 21, 2021 |
An ambitious aim, to write a mystery including Thomas Edison, J.P. Morgan, and Nicolai Tesla, when so much biographical information has been documented about them. The liberties the author took are exasperating.

I admired Mary Handley, so unflappable and capable. Almost a superhero, in fact. The idea of mysteries involving the first policewoman in New York City is interesting, and worthy of novelization.

More research would have helped to portray more accurate versions of Edison and Tesla, to make them more realistic and not so cardboard-like and cartoony. Adding to that, the writing was wooden and awkward at times.


**eARC netgalley** ( )
  Critterbee | Apr 16, 2018 |
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I received this book as an advanced reading copy via the author through LibraryThing. Thank you so much! I couldn't put it down. It moved quickly but not so quickly that you didn't get attached to the characters. This story is full of historic figures doing just what people did back then. And Mary is a true spitfire. Truly a heroine worth reading more about! ( )
  whybehave2002 | Mar 6, 2017 |

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Fiction. Mystery. Thriller. Historical Fiction. HTML:A historical mystery featuring the witty and wily Mary Handley, the first woman detective in Brooklyn, as she tries to prove herself in a man's world while solving a high profile murder.

Mary Handley is a not your typical late-nineteenth century lady. She's fiery, clever, daring??and she's not about to conform to the gender norms of the day. Not long after being fired from her job at the hat factory for insubordinate behavior, Mary finds herself at the murder scene of Charles Goodrich, the brother of a prominent alderman and former bookkeeper of Thomas Edison. When Mary proves her acumen as a sleuth, she is hired by the Brooklyn police department??as the city's first female policewoman??to solve the crime. The top brass of the department expect her to fail, but Mary has other plans. As she delves into the mystery, she finds herself questioning the likes of J. P. Morgan, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Tesla. Mary soon discovers the key to solving the case goes well beyond finding a murderer and depends on her ability to unearth the machinations of the city's most prominent and respected public figures, men who will go to great lengths to protect their secrets.
Much like Mr. Churchill's Secretary and Maisie Dobbs, Second Street Station presents a portrait of a world plunging into modernity through the eyes of a clever female sleuth. Mary Handley is an unforgettable protagonist whose wit, humor, and charm will delight readers from the very first page.
Don't miss any of Lawrence H. Levy's enchanting Mary Handley mysteries:
SECOND STREET STATION BROOKLYN ON FIRE LAST STOP IN BROOKLYN NEAR PROSPECT PARK (Coming Soon!)

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