'A wonderful book. Lyndsay Faye's command of historical detail is remarkable and her knowledge of human character even more so. I bought into this world and never once had the desire to leave' -- Michael Connelly 'Executed with brio and packed with pungent historical detail...this is a cracking yarn' -- Daily Mail 'Lyndsay Faye is a superstar calibre writer. She confidently and exquisitely recreates the past while her characters live on with you in the present, the elusive gold standard for a historical novel. Gods of Gotham is a gift that readers will surely relish' -- Matthew Pearl 'The Gods of Gotham succeeds on many levels: as a colourful, crackling evocation of an underworld packed with desperados; as an unflinching glance into the history of some of New York's shadiest and most shameful corners; and as a cleverly crafted crime story with a central character who deserves a new case, and another book' -- Metro 'The dangerous underworld of New York in the mid-nineteenth century... wonderfully vivid and vigorous' -- The Sunday Times 'This is special...The historical detail is impressive in a character-driven tale spotted with an underground language called Flash, which is fascinating. Stunning... highly recommended' -- Sarah Broadhurst, 'Ones to Watch' Paperback Preview, Bookseller

Lyndsay Faye is the author of Dust and Shadow: an Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson, praised by the Conan Doyle Estate for its enthusiastic knowledge of the Sherlock Holmes canon and its rigorous attention to the grim details of the Jack the Ripper murders. Her short story 'Colonel Warburton's Madness' was selected for inclusion in Best American Mystery Stories 2010, co-edited by Otto Penzler and Lee Child. She resides in Manhattan with her husband.