
Ghosts of Gotham
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
3 months free
Buy for $25.00
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Susannah Jones
-
By:
-
Craig Schaefer
Irresistibly drawn to mysteries, if only to debunk them, reporter Lionel Page exposes supernatural frauds, swindlers, and charlatans. His latest case is an obsession—at least for an ancient and wealthy heiress: verify the authenticity of a lost Edgar Allan Poe manuscript circulating through New York City’s literary underworld. But the shrewd Regina Dunkle offers more than money. It’s a pact. Fulfill her request, and Lionel’s own notorious buried past, one he’s been running from since he was a child, will remain hidden.
As Lionel’s quest begins, so do the warnings. And where rare books go, murder follows. It’s only when Lionel meets enigmatic stranger Madison Hannah, his personal usher into the city’s secret history, that he realizes he’s being guided by a force more powerful than logic…and that he isn’t just following a story. He is the story.
Now that the true purpose of his mission is revealing itself in the most terrifying ways, it may finally be time for Lionel to believe in the unbelievable.
©2019 Craig Schaefer. (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.Listeners also enjoyed...




















Critic reviews
“The writing is vivid and quick, and a romantic subplot sheds light on Lionel’s many dimensions as a protagonist, including his sharp wit. Dark fantasy readers, especially fans of Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files series, will appreciate the complex world-building and layered mythologies. Schaefer is an author to watch for in this genre.”--Booklist
People who viewed this also viewed...




I loved the first third of this book, following Lionel the skeptic as he pursues a lost manuscript and finds a hidden world of magic and myth. But the tone and the pacing steadily wore me down.
The cover art and occult genre label had me expecting something along the lines of Constantine, but this felt like an adult version of Lightning Thief. There’s Greek mythology, which was mostly interesting. However, like many stories in that vein, there’s a lot of prophesies, hidden beings, and manipulation of characters for cryptic reasons. Why Lionel keeps putting himself in danger without understanding anything didn’t ring true.
“Do you routinely launch into lectures about the history of odd pieces of menswear?”
Then there’s the sweet, whispery narration. As much as I enjoyed the narrator for the author’s Harmony Black series, it felt wrong to have her narrate the male MC. Her fairy-soft voice also made this feel Great Gatsby-ish, like this should be set in the golden days of fedoras and molls, instead of in modern-day New York and Chicago, with guns and computers.
But what really kept this in good, but not great, territory for me was the pacing. It’s more than ten hours into the book before things start to come together. Even then, it’s not until the final hour when there’s a bunch of reveals and explanations that made the victory feel unearned. It was worth the sale purchase, but I’m not sure I’ll move on to book 2, which appears to be just as long, with the promise of more needlessly cryptic plots fomented by mercurial Greeks.
Over long and needlessly cryptic
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
an unexpectedly good book!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
overall a very enjoyable book.
It was a surprising find
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Good but the Narrator
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Awesome twist.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Really well done!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
More please
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
It's just ...Wow, this book is extraordinary!
It is a cross of mythology, The Supernaturals, Alfred Hitchcock, and a mash of every horror show I've seen. So many twists and surprises that I gave up on trying to figure it out and just held on and rode this wild ride to the end! Nothing is as it seems! No one is who they say they are...
Ghouls, goddess, an old Poe manuscript, magic, cults, witches, and beings unknown. I loved every page! It is so tightly thought out. The characters are so real, so well developed. The suspense, the world building, the action, the mad genius of this novel is absolutely fabulous!
I don't want to tell anything about it, I would hate to give anything away. Just read it if you love a good fantasy with lots of magic, lots of mysteries, a touch of romance, and through it all, a happy ending!
One of my favorite books!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Another that starts with with a bang but fizzles.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Narrator was very good, Will listen to this book again....soon
Very Interesting Book
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.