31 Bond Street
- Author: Ellen Horan
- Narrator: Adam Grupper
- Publisher: HarperCollins USA
- Duration: 10:25:13
Synopsis
Who killed Dr. Harvey Burdell?
Though there are no witnesses and no clues, fingers point to Emma Cunningham, the refined, pale-skinned widow who managed Burdell’s house and his servants. Rumored to be a black-hearted gold digger with designs on the doctor’s name andfortune, Emma is immediately put under house arrest during a murder investigation. A swift conviction is sure to catapult flamboyant district attorney Abraham Oakey Hall into the mayor’s seat. But one formidable obstacle stands in his way: the defense attorney Henry Clinton. Committed to justice and the law, Clinton will aid the vulnerable widow in her desperate fight to save herself from the gallows.
Set in 1857 New York, this gripping mystery is also a richly detailed excavation of a lost age. Horan vividly re-creates a tumultuous era characterized by a sensationalist press, aggressive new wealth, a booming real-estate market, corruption, racial conflict, economic inequality between men and women, and the erosion of the old codes of behavior. A tale of murder, sex, greed, and politics, this spellbinding narrative transports readers to a time that eerily echoes our own.
Chapters
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Chapter 001
Duration: 13min -
Chapter 002
Duration: 11min -
Chapter 003
Duration: 15min -
Chapter 004
Duration: 23min -
Chapter 005
Duration: 10min -
Chapter 006
Duration: 22min -
Chapter 007
Duration: 15min -
Chapter 008
Duration: 10min -
Chapter 009
Duration: 14min -
Chapter 010
Duration: 10min -
Chapter 011
Duration: 15min -
Chapter 012
Duration: 18min -
Chapter 013
Duration: 18min -
Chapter 014
Duration: 13min -
Chapter 015
Duration: 10min -
Chapter 016
Duration: 18min -
Chapter 017
Duration: 17min -
Chapter 018
Duration: 13min -
Chapter 019
Duration: 13min -
Chapter 020
Duration: 23min