Why a Booktrail?
2000s: You need a literary guide book as you stroll around Manhattan? See the world through the eyes of the writers who showcase the city as only they know how.
Manhattan Mayhem: New Crime Stories from the Mystery Writers of America
What you need to know before your trail
Mary Higgins Clark is a great novelist in her own right but in this collection of short stories, invites you on a different kind of literary experience. This is a literary tour of perhaps one of the most iconic city in the world. Everyone thinks they know it, many have been there but how much do you really see? Mary Higgins Clark and her band of guides – Jeffery Deaver and Lee Child to name but two have a very unique view of the city, its streets and its quirks. Literary locations are in the bag!
Travel Guide
This is one heck of a tour of Manhattan – downtown New York and its most iconic neighborhoods seen through the eyes of the Mystery Writers of America. There are photos, discoveries, mysteries riddles and much much more…
Central Park – White Rabbit by Julie Hyzy.
This story showcases the area in Central Park where there is a very literary location right at its heart. A statue of Alice in Wonderland stands, maybe missed by some passers by but when you look at the statue and read this story, it takes on a whole new meaning and you realise what Lewis Carrol was talking about.
The Flatiron District -“The Picture of the Lonely Diner” by Lee Child
Lee Child brings Jack Reacher along for what can only be described as a Jack Reacher experience and view of the city. On his way out of the subway next to the Flatiron building, he realises that something is not quite right and that the tape cordoning off the area reveals a dark and dangerous reality.
Greenwich Village – “The Baker of Bleecker Street” by Jeffery Deaver
“The Baker of Bleecker Street” has a unusual look at the Bleecker street which is well known for many resturants and clubs. It was or American bohemia. The street is named after Anthony Bleecker, who was a 19th-century writer as his family’s farm ran through the street!
Empire State Building – “Serial Benefactor” by Jon. L. Breen
A funny and upllifting but also poignant tale about a grandfather who likes to test his granddaughter with quizzes and puzzles. One day he gives her a puzzle based on the famous murder case in the 1940s of the ‘Broadway Executioner’ but she discovers something about the case that shocks her to the core.
Chinatown – Chin Yong Yun Makes a Shidduch” by S.J. Rozan
An iconic part of the city illustrated and evoked in “Chin Yong Yun Makes a Shidduch” about a Chinese woman and a kidnap within the Chinese community. The Chinese community and chinatown in New York is legendary so this dark tale really puts a unique angle on something so familiar.
Streetview Maps
NYC - Alice in Wonderland Statue
NYC - Flatiron building
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