Description: A crime of the past comes too close to home when Erica Donato's teenage daughter finds a skeleton behind a wall in their crumbling Park Slope home. Ericaa young widow, overage history PhD candidate, and product of blue-collar Brooklynis drawn into a mystery when she learns that the skeleton is of an unknown teenage girl and that it was hidden there within living memory. Erica's inquiries lead her right back to her own neighborhood in its edgy, pregentrification days, when the age of Aquarius was turning dark and where there are people who know the whole story but will stop at nothing to make sure it stays buried forever.
Brief description:
Triss Stein is a small-town girl who has spent most of her adult life living and working in New York City. A member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime, she is the author of three mystery novels. She lives in Brooklyn.
Review Quotes:
"This richly-developed portrait of life in the melting pot of New York is better than a Grayline bus tour. Hail a cab to the nearest bookstore."