Murder on St. Mark’s place

Author’s Note

Usually, I pride myself on the historical accuracy of my novels, but this time I took one small liberty with the facts. By 1896, the Elephant Hotel, where Sarah finds the merchant who sold the red shoes, had been abandoned for several years. In fact, it burned shortly afterward, in September of 1896. It did exist, however, and was very much as I described it during its heyday. Since it was such a delightfully absurd part of Coney Island, I just had to use it in the book, and I hope you’ll forgive my lapse in accuracy for the sake of whimsy.

If you missed the first book in this series, Murder on Astor Place, I hope you’ll track it down and find out how Sarah first got interested in solving murder mysteries and how she happened to join forces with Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy. And don’t worry, I tried very hard not to give away the ending of that book in this one, so you can still be surprised! By all means, let me know how you liked both books, too. You may write to me at P.O. Box 638, Duncansville, PA 16635, or send me E-mail via my Web page at:

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Until next time!