IN THE SHADOW OF GOTHAM Now available! Winner of the 2008 St. Martin's Minotaur/Mystery Writers of America Best First Crime Novel Award... A mystery series where early criminal science meets the dark side of old New York... Read about the book Read an excerpt Read a Q & A "Pintoff's debut, winner of the first Minotaur Books/MWA Best First Crime Novel award, will remind many of Caleb Carr at his best... The period detail, characterizations and plotting are all top-notch, and Ziele has enough depth to carry a series."    —Publishers Weekly (starred review) " ...a vividly depicted turn-of-the-century Gotham."    —Library Journal (starred review) "Congratulations to Stefanie Pintoff on this outstanding debut novel! An appealing character, terrific suspense, and skillful interweaving of historical detail make In The Shadow of Gotham a winner."    —Marcia Muller "Stefanie Pintoff captures time and place expertly while displaying the procedures and challenges of police work at the dawn of a new age in forensics in this fine first novel. In The Shadow of Gotham will fascinate and educate even as it holds the reader in the suspense of a good mystery. That's a special package."    —Michael Koryta

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