Deadly Debut - Clare Toohey

It's curtains for Gotham in Deadly Debut, taking the first bow in the Murder New York Style series. Written by members of the New York/Tri-State chapter of Sisters in Crime, these twisted tales reveal New York City's dramatic and dark underbelly. In these pages, a Bronx teen steeped in Poe confronts a tormentor; on Manhattan's Upper East Side, a recovering alcoholic sweeps up deadly secrets (an Agatha Award nominee for Best Short Story); and in post-war Queens, a gutsy lie shatters lives. From a Brooklyn nanny's street smarts to a small grocer's grit, from a nightclub's belly dancers to a P.I. reared on jive, the characters in these mysteries will have you cheering.