by Ellen Horan
With 31 Bond Street, Ms. Horan presents the reader with historical fiction at its finest. It is a story that is quite literally "ripped from the headlines", with those headlines first printed in the 1850s. A real-life murder mystery, Ms. Horan does an excellent job of filling in the blanks, imagin...
I thought this book was interesting, but really dryly written. With the twistedness of the storyline, I think the author could have drawn the readers in more.
This ripped-from-the-headlines, made-for-the-tabloids tale has it all. Murder, corruption, scandal, illicit relationships, class conflict, legal intrigue...and the chance to get a great deal on some New Jersey swampland! Ellen Horan's historical novel 31 Bond Street is indeed ripped from the headlin...
The story begins in 1857 as police are called to 31 Bond Street upon the horrific murder of Dr. Harvey Burdell. Poised for a run at the mayor's office, ambitious D.A. Abraham Oakey Hall sets his sights on Widow Emma Cunningham as his #1 suspect. Supposedly living in Burdell's house as a tenant and *...
After reading the first 70 pages, I've decided to let this one go. This is not to disparage the book in any way. I can see that a lot of care went into the writing, and it's based on a true case, which adds interest. It's a whole heck of a bunch better than most first novels coming out these days....
*This review is based on a copy of the book I won through Goodreads FirstReads Giveaways.* I thoroughly enjoyed this book.It's a fantastic historical fiction based on the real life murder of Dr. Harvey Burdell and the subsequent trial of Emma Cunningham, a widow who lived on the upper floor of his...
Horan writes as if she is telling you the story. This isn't a good thing. It may just be me, but there was no "getting into the story" or the experience of the written page disappearing. I felt I was getting the story told at me and I was the ungreatful kid who just wanted to get back to his Supe...
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