This is the story of Josephine Monfort, a girl who has been raised in the life of privilege, but has always wanted something different than what's expected of her. She's supposed to graduate finishing school and then marry a wealthy bachelor. What she longs for is the freedom to live her life without the restraints that have always been placed on her and to her pursue her dream of being a writer- a newspaper reporter, specifically. When a tragedy strikes her family leaving her father dead, Jo knows something isn't right. She decides to seek the truth behind his death and along the way meets Eddie, a young and intelligent reporter at her father's newspaper, and several other key characters that won't soon be forgotten. In her search for answers Jo becomes privy to the dark side of New York and realizes all that she has to lose should she go through with vindicating her father's murder- the only thing is, it might already be too late. 
 I enjoyed this story overall. It was a very good mystery, though somewhat predictable. Several of the key plot twists were a bit obvious to me, and I really like to be kept guessing. What the author really did well in this book, though, is setting. She has done wonderful things in bringing life to 1900s New York City. The imagery in this novel was fantastic and gave the story that perfect creepy, suspenseful feel that you want in a mystery/thriller novel. The story was also historically accurate, which definitely helped. 
 One of the key themes in this book is the romance, which I'll admit, excited me at first (because I mean come on, I'm a girl. I like romance.), but then quickly annoyed me. This is because the relationship between Jo and Eddie did not feel natural to me at all. One minute they're nagging at each other, and the next they're making out in a broom closet. There was none of that "hate that turned gradually into love" romance. There was no flow from one to another. Jo was also very wishy-washy with her feelings, and I found myself rolling my eyes at a couple of points because one minute she'd be confessing her love in an internal monologue and then the next there'd be some cliche misunderstanding between she and Eddie and she'd say she hated him. I swear her feelings could've given me whiplash, she went back and forth so much. 
 While I was able to call the plot twists, that won't be the case for everyone, and so to that I say that the suspense in this book is well done. The mystery unfolds naturally, and the plot is very complex and is executed very nicely. Each discovery made by Jo and/or Eddie is a new piece to the puzzle. This brings me to the ending, which was definitely the best part of the book. It was action-packed, heart-racing, and tied up all loose ends. I REALLY liked that. I'm left with no questions, and am very happy with the ending. 
 The side characters in this book are also each brilliant. They each push the story along rather than make it take side routes that lead nowhere, if that makes sense. Every character had a purpose, and they all had secrets. The revealing was them all was exciting and played out nicely. 
 I really, really liked this book. It was satisfying and thrilling, and I definitely recommend it!!!!