{"product_id":"the-lace-widow-mollie-ann-cox-9781639105281","title":"The Lace Widow","description":"\u003cb\u003eCould Alexander Hamilton be at the center of a vast murder plot engulfing Old New York? As his widow, Eliza, pieces together the puzzle, she unearths a heartbreaking secret that threatens to tear her family apart. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerfect for fans of Sherry Thomas and Deanna Raybourn, taking us from the city's gilded mansions to its meanest streets, Mollie Ann Cox's debut historical mystery transports readers to center stage in a time of grave political danger. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York, 1804.\u003c\/b\u003e America's beloved Alexander Hamilton lies dead after a duel with Aaron Burr. Meanwhile, Eliza Hamilton's eighteen-year-old son, Alexander Jr., was seen fighting with a man in a tavern the night before his father's duel and quickly comes under suspicion for murder when the man turns up dead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEliza searches for ways to clear her son's name, even as she is grieving, but as she combs through her late husband's papers, she finds evidence of a plot to steal money from the government during his tenure as secretary of state. Hamilton was accused of stealing that money, and it was a scandal that almost broke the family--but is Eliza now holding proof of Alexander's innocence? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeep in debt and despair, with eight children to support, Eliza turns to selling her handmade lace--and is drawn into a mysterious network of widow lacemakers who are intimately connected to New York's high-society families. They know their dead husbands' secrets--and soon, Eliza begins to piece together the truth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere's a dark plot connected with the duel, as one by one, witnesses to the bout are being killed. Now, Eliza must not only clear her husband's and son's names but keep herself out of the killer's sights.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mollie Ann Cox\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 163910528X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639105281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crooked Lane Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/12\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/02\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2023 pg. 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/29\/2023","brand":"Mollie Ann Cox","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44121521651967,"sku":"9781639105281","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_671ec85c-33c7-469a-94fe-a0b4ef5a892b.jpg?v=1687420216","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-lace-widow-mollie-ann-cox-9781639105281","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}