by Lydia Kang
First published 2020
In 1899 New York, socialite Tillie Pemberton's sister dies from a mysterious overdose. Tillie, desperate to uncover the truth, navigates the city's underbelly of opium dens and back-alley absinthe bars. As the body count rises, she's drawn into a web of secrets and lies involving the city's elite. Tillie must risk her reputation and her life to expose a deadly conspiracy before more innocent lives are lost.
Genres: addiction, 20th-century, mystery, thriller, 19th-century
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: amateur-sleuth, secrets-and-lies
Setting: New York
Period: 1899
379 pages · Paperback · Lake Union Publishing
Content warnings: drug-use, violence