01536cam a2200277 4500 553014450 TxAuBib 20180621120000.0 170904s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780765399137 076539913X (OCoLC)1002527978 YDX eng YDX BTCTA BDX TXCOT FWP HBP TxAuBib Hirsch, Paddy. The devil's half mile / Paddy Hirsch. New York : Forge, 2018. 300 pages : map ; 25 cm. "Seven years after a financial crisis nearly toppled America, traders chafe at government regulations, racial tensions are rising, gangs roam the streets and corrupt financiers make back-door deals with politicians... 1799 was a hell of a year. Thanks to Alexander Hamilton, America has recovered from the panic on the Devil's Half Mile (aka Wall Street), but the young country is still finding its way. When young lawyer Justy Flanagan returns to solve his father's murder, he exposes a massive fraud that has already claimed lives, and one the perpetrators are determined to keep secret at any cost. The body count is rising, and the looming crisis could topple the nation"--Amazon. 20180621. Murder Investigation Fiction. New York (N.Y) History 1775-1865 Fiction. Legal stories. Suspense fiction. Historical fiction. lcgft 9781434219403