Brooklyn Graves

In the second book of Stein's (Brooklyn Bones, 2013, etc.) Erica Donato Mysteries series, a grad student and mother wrestles with a puzzle related to her history work - only to find more questions that hit closer to home....Offers promising developments for Erica and Chris, but readers will find little to work with. * <b><i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b> * BROOKLYN GRAVES is a rich and textured story about a rich and textured Brooklyn, both past and present. I loved being there! * <b>Joanne Dobson, author of Professor Karen Pelletier Mysteries</b> * Triss Stein escapes the sophomore curse with the second in her Erica Donato series. Even more absorbing than the well-plotted mystery is her vibrant depiction of Brooklyn. From Little Odessa to the endlessly fascinating Green-Wood Cemetery, her book is a love letter to the borough. * <b>Margaret Maron, award winning author of the Deborah Knott Series</b> * Brooklyn Graves is a fascinating and engaging...perfectly balances history of the Tiffany windows into a fictional and engaging story interwoven masterfully. -- Teri Davis * <b><i>Midwest Book Review</i></b> * Assigned by her boss at the Brooklyn Historical Museum to work with the arrogant Thomas Flint, the leading expert on Tiffany artwork, Erica Donato delves into boxes of letters and sketches by Maude Cooper, a young woman Flint suspects was a Tiffany girl, one of the women in Tiffany's all-female design studio. When Erica learns her good family friend Dima was murdered, she and her teenage daughter, Chris, comfort the widow and her son, and Erica soon becomes involved in the search for Dima's killer. Is his murder connected with Erica's work project? Then a second murder occurs. Fascinating details of Tiffany and his glass windows, along with the life of a young girl from the Midwest now living and working in 1904 Manhattan, frame the story. The independent Erica is an interesting character, too, especially for her era: a widow working on her PhD in history while working part-time and who has difficult relationships with her teenage daughter and her somewhat overbearing father. A couple of possible love interests on the horizon add to the appeal of this engaging historical-mystery series. * <b><i>Booklist</i></b> *