{"product_id":"into-the-suffering-city-a-novel-of-baltimore-paperback","title":"Into the Suffering City: A Novel of Baltimore - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBill Lefurgy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew historical crime thriller explores Baltimore through the eyes of a young female doctor on the autism spectrum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eInto the Suffering City\u003c\/em\u003e, by Bill LeFurgy, centers on a murder investigation set against the backdrop of a historically accurate depiction of city life a century ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's 1909 and Baltimore is jumping with danger and excitement. Cars, cocaine, ragtime music, and moving pictures are new. But some things are as old as the city itself: murder, corruption, and the painful divisions of race, class, and gender. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Sarah Kennecott is brilliant and on the autism spectrum--a trait that is unidentified and unappreciated at the time. And after getting fired for probing the death of a showgirl, she refuses to back down. Although dealing with people is hard, she works to get information from arrogant and abusive men while defying an effort to banish her to a horrifying insane asylum. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah forms an unlikely bond with Jack Harden, a down-on-his-luck private detective struggling with a condition similar to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from witnessing a wartime massacre overseas. Jack pushes the case into Baltimore's seedy underworld, a vitally corrupt realm of saloons, brothels, and burlesque theaters. Along the way he's got to deal with a murderous police detective and a moving pictures actress who is as deadly as she is beautiful. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eInto the Suffering City\u003c\/em\u003e uses the actual historical circumstances of 1909 Baltimore, including virulent racism (including a law that prevents a people of mixed race from marrying a white person), rampant use of cocaine and other narcotics, and widespread, out in the open, prostitution. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eInto the Suffering City \u003c\/em\u003egives insight into the struggles a century ago of women, people of color, those with mental illness, those on the autism spectrum, and the great mass of people considered \"lower class.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book also explores the newly emergent field of criminal forensics at a time when fingerprints and rigorous crime scene analysis were not routine police procedure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 318\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759925494048,"sku":"9780578618784","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ec4e041092a4a872521042b409bbd2de.webp?v=1780166308","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/into-the-suffering-city-a-novel-of-baltimore-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}