Gilded Needles - Michael McDowell

Michael McDowell

Category: Horror

Tags: Horror, Historical Fiction, Adults

Gilded Needles Valancourt 20th Century Classics By: Michael McDowell Narrated by: R. C. Bray Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins, Publishers summary Welcome to the Black Triangle, New Yorks decadent district of opium dens, gambling casinos, drunken sailors, gaudy hookers, and back room abortions. The queen of this unsavory neighborhood is Black Lena Shanks, whose family leads a ring of female criminals-women skilled in the art of cruelty. Only a few blocks away, amidst the elegant mansions and lily-white reputations of Gramercy Park and Washington Square, lives Judge James Stallworth., On a crusade to crush Lenas evil empire, the judge has sentenced three of her family members to death. And now she wants revenge. One Sunday, all the Stallworths receive invitations-to their own funerals. Can even the wealth and power of the Stallworth family protect them from Lenas diabolical lust for vengeance?, 1980, 2017 Estate of Michael McDowell (P)2017 Valancourt Books LLC 2024 Audible Unabridged Audiobook