Death on Broadway (Captain Rider Garforth Mysteries Book 2)
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'An accomplished series, full of period detail and intrigue.' Thomas Waugh1921. New York City.Captain Rider Ernest Garforth, an army veteran and ex police inspector, visits a renowned psychiatrist in an attempt to cure his shell shock.Yet the psychiatrist, Dr. Engleheart, is murdered in cold blood after Rider’sfirst appointment.Worried about Rider’shealth, Martins, his trusted assistant, is forced to accompany a volatile Rider to various ale houses across the city.When Rider and Martins are arrested during a prohibition raid, they find themselves in debt to police chief James McClair, a family friend of Rider’sWith a shortage of manpower, the Chief of Detectives pressures Rider into leading the investigation.Soon after taking over the case, Rider discovers that the killing is linked to the unsolved murder of a child actress.Set against the glittering skyscrapers, prohibition, and the Roaring twenties, Rider and Martins are soon embroiled in a case involving family secrets, the mob, theatre producers and actors, fashionable nightclubs and down-and-out speakeasies.Forced to work with the cold and violent Detective Kelly, who failed to solve the child murder case of Edith Grey when he was in charge, Rider and Martins face increasing hostility in their pursuit of the truth.Iain Landles is an English author and playwright. He lives in Oxford.