"A mass market paperback edition of this book was published in 2005 by Berkley Prime Crime"--t.p. verso. "Hawkley Books Trade Paperback"--t.p. verso.
Summary:
"On Sept. 24, 1869, the gold market crumbles, and fortunes are lost in a matter of minutes. when two of Boston's most prominent men are found dead on Wall Street's firs "Black Friday, it's widely assumed that they committed suicide.... But upon examining the bodies, forensic scientist Dr. William Hewitt concludes that one of the men was most likely murdered.... He enlists the aid of Nell Sweeney, the Irish-born governess employed by his estranged parents.... Nell and Will discover that the two dead men were linked by something more valuable, and far more treacherous, than gold"-- Cover page 4.
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