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Nate Walker #2
One Went Missing
Mob vs the Moderns
One of two roommates disappears.
Daughters of well-to-do families, they are in New York City living the life of moderns. One plays piano in a speakeasy, the other attends Cooper Union studying architecture. Both are joyously free of their parents’ supervision and strict codes of conduct.
A mob moll holds the key to the puzzle involving the disappearance of one girl and the murder of another.
Can Boston Brahmin, James Nathaniel Walker, unlock the mystery? Will his acrophobia hinder his investigation? Will his underworld connections facilitate his efforts?
One Went Missing by M. G. Karpin is a tale of twists, turns and survival in New York’s Jazz Age of prohibition, politics and pubs.
One of two roommates disappears.
Daughters of well-to-do families, they are in New York City living the life of moderns. One plays piano in a speakeasy, the other attends Cooper Union studying architecture. Both are joyously free of their parents’ supervision and strict codes of conduct.
A mob moll holds the key to the puzzle involving the disappearance of one girl and the murder of another.
Can Boston Brahmin, James Nathaniel Walker, unlock the mystery? Will his acrophobia hinder his investigation? Will his underworld connections facilitate his efforts?
One Went Missing by M. G. Karpin is a tale of twists, turns and survival in New York’s Jazz Age of prohibition, politics and pubs.
249 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 12, 2018
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November 16, 2020
1920s New York was still with very strict rules in place for well to do girls. They could go to college but they were expected to conform to their families traditional way of life.
Two young women boarded together one studying music, the other architecture happy as room mates both enjoying a bit of freedom away from the strict attitudes of well connected and rich families.
Till one goes missing, then winds up dead. Taking the investigaiton over is Nathaniel Walker, a gentleman investigator for whom private detective work is a passion and something which someone of his wealth will not pursue normally.
Painstakingly going over the background and the last few days of this young woman's life he uncovers a whole lot of information which will be very unpalatable to her highly conservative family. From accidentally brushing up against the mob and a moll from the mob, to playing in a speakeasy Nathaniel uncovers a whole plot which ended in a tragic death.
Very descriptive of the Jazz Era in New York city, this was an entertaining read.
Two young women boarded together one studying music, the other architecture happy as room mates both enjoying a bit of freedom away from the strict attitudes of well connected and rich families.
Till one goes missing, then winds up dead. Taking the investigaiton over is Nathaniel Walker, a gentleman investigator for whom private detective work is a passion and something which someone of his wealth will not pursue normally.
Painstakingly going over the background and the last few days of this young woman's life he uncovers a whole lot of information which will be very unpalatable to her highly conservative family. From accidentally brushing up against the mob and a moll from the mob, to playing in a speakeasy Nathaniel uncovers a whole plot which ended in a tragic death.
Very descriptive of the Jazz Era in New York city, this was an entertaining read.
August 19, 2020
While I read to the very end, this book wasn't what I expected. The blurb talks of 2 roomates joyous freedom, of being in New York away from well to do parents in the time of speakeasies, mobsters and their molls and jazz. And to live that life through this book excited me.
But in reality the book is told by the private and confirdential assistant to James Nathaniel Walker, who is trying to solve the murder mystery. Alot of the the time we are hanging our coats and talking of the domestic life of the Walker household.
I felt undersold and a little disappointed but persisted til the end to solve the murder of one of the room mates.
Thank you to NetGalley for the chance to read this book and best wishes to the author M C Karpin.
But in reality the book is told by the private and confirdential assistant to James Nathaniel Walker, who is trying to solve the murder mystery. Alot of the the time we are hanging our coats and talking of the domestic life of the Walker household.
I felt undersold and a little disappointed but persisted til the end to solve the murder of one of the room mates.
Thank you to NetGalley for the chance to read this book and best wishes to the author M C Karpin.
August 15, 2019
Enjoyable read!
It’s very enjoyable to read the work of a neighbor! I started this book at a very busy time and wished I could have read it straight through without lapses. It made me have to reread parts. The very interesting characters deserved more direct attention. I loved the descriptive writing as it easily transported me back in time. My only suggestion would be to edit one more time for typo errors. So happy to have read this book!
It’s very enjoyable to read the work of a neighbor! I started this book at a very busy time and wished I could have read it straight through without lapses. It made me have to reread parts. The very interesting characters deserved more direct attention. I loved the descriptive writing as it easily transported me back in time. My only suggestion would be to edit one more time for typo errors. So happy to have read this book!
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