Gilded Needles
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (735 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B072JHT1WT |
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| Number of Pages | : | 501 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
And now she wants revenge. Only a few blocks away, amidst the elegant mansions and lily-white reputations of Gramercy Park and Washington Square, lives Judge James Stallworth. One Sunday, all the Stallworths receive invitations - to their own funerals. Welcome to the Black Triangle, New York's decadent district of opium dens, gambling casinos, drunken sailors, gaudy hookers, and back-room abortions. On a crusade to crush Lena's evil empire, the judge has sentenced three of her family members to death. The queen of this unsavory neighborhood is Black Lena Shanks, whose family leads a ring of female criminals - women skilled in the art of cruelty. Can even the wealth and power of the Stallworth family protect them from Lena's diabolical lust for vengeance? This first-ever republication of Michael McDowell's chilling classic of revenge features a new introduction by Christopher Fowler and cover art by Mike Mignola.
Alluring and Simultaneously Repulsive To clear up an misconceptions pertaining to the book, I'm pressed to inform you it's more than well worth the read. However, the reason for the title to this review is the fact that while fragments or hints of wholesome characters exist within the story, most of the characters w. Highly entertaining novel of class and revenge with well rounded women characters An upper class family, the Stallworths', neighborhood borders a lower class slum, where the Shanks family pursue their criminal enterprises. Each Stallworth uses or exploits the people of the slum to their own purposes, resulting in a scrumptious story of revenge. The feel of th. C. Waters said I read this book TWICE!!. While i was reading this book the FIRST time? I realized quickly that the author did A LOT of research. My boyfriend grew up in New York - and vaguely heard of the "Bridge of Sighs", The Tombs, etc. They actually existed. So cool!He wrote in a way that made the reader not only i