The Blackest Bird

High Constable Jacob Hays did not usually make a habit of letting his emotions become involved in his cases. He knew even if he had acted when first he had heard of this newest disappearance of the girl, there was surely nothing that could have been done. She was already dead. Still, burrowing guilt had taken hold of him. `An irresistibley seductive behemoth of a book. You`ll lose yourself for days at a time in the perfectly depicted characters, atmosphere and low-life of nineteenth century New York`.