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Lindsay Faye weaves an enchanting tale in her newest novel! She introduces us to Timothy Wilde, a member of the newly formed New York Police Department with Sherlock Holmes-level powers of observation. He has a Herculean task ahead of him: besides solving a string of horrific murders, he must fight the growing tensions in the city between native New Yorkers and the growing number of Irish immigrants. "The Gods of Gotham" was wonderful historical fiction and a chilling mystery - I look forward to the rest of the series!

Everyone knows who Jeffrey Dahmer was, but none of us actually knew him - Backderf did and he has put together a powerful graphic novel about his high school friendship with the notorious serial killer. It's not necessarily an enjoyable read (there's no happy ending, quite the opposite) but it is definitely fascinating and important.