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Seven For A Secret (2013)

by Lyndsay Faye(Favorite Author)

4.08 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0399158383 (ISBN13: 9780399158384)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Putnam Adult

series

Timothy Wilde Mysteries

review 1: The second in the series about Timothy Wilde, a policeman in 1840s NYC. I liked this one better than the first book in the series; I feel like the author had settled down a little and really gotten into the flow of writing the historical period and the rhythms of its speech (she makes a big deal out of using contemporary slang - even including a glossary with each book - that came off as try-hard in the first, but feels more natural here). This book is about runaway slaves - and free people captured and sold as runaway slaves - which puts Wilde in the odd position of having to work against the law in order to help those he wants to. I think the real fun of this series is the secondary characters: Val, Wilde's brother, a handsome muscular politician with a drug problem and ... morea sort-of boyfriend, Gentle Jim; Jakob Piest, an eccentric old man and fellow policeman; Mrs. Boehm, a young widow and a baker, and Wilde's landlord; Mercy Underhill, a writer who Wilde is in love with. There were several minor characters I really enjoyed and am sad will not be returning, since all my favorites died or left town by the end of the book.
review 2: I was slightly disappointed in this second book in the Timothy Wilde series. I still love the setting and subject matter, but I found Tim to be seemingly a little more immature than he was in the first novel for some reason and I found this a little confusing. I found his mooning over Mercy annoying, but I love the increased attention to the relationship between Tim and his Tammany Hall brother Val. less

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