The Dutchman's Dilemma Maan Meyers | ISBN : 0-553-09705-9

The Dutchman's Dilemma

Author: Maan Meyers

Publisher: Random House Publishing Group

Publication Date: 01 July, 1995

ISBN: 9780553097054

Pages: 272

Subjects: Mystery, Historical

Available as: , Trade Cloth, 978-0-7351-0435-8 Trade Cloth, 978-0-553-09705-4 Trade Paper, 978-0-7351-0436-5 E-Book - Kindle, 978-1-936441-35-8

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"It's 1675 and eleven years have passed since Pieter Tonneman brought a brutal murderer to justice ... and married the beautiful widow Racqel Mendoza. Although the marriage made her an outcast in the city's small, close-knit Jewish community, it has been a happy one for Racqel and Pieter. Former sheriff of the island, Tonneman has now settled into life as husband, father, and businessman. But suddenly the air is filled with terror, an old debt has come due, and events have compelled the Dutchman back to duty." "From the taverns and into the streets, the whispers grow louder by the hour - talk of devil worship and of witchcraft, dark tales of a conspiracy among the Jews. And when the killer trades horseflesh for human flesh, his knife slashing with deadly sacrificial precision, the city's simmering hatreds and superstitions threaten to boil and burn. Ostracized, distrusted, too independent for her own good, no one is more at risk than Tonneman's wife. A murderer is on the loose in New-York, and many are ready to blame Racqel. But someone is ready to make her the next victim."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

PW Publishers Weekly

Review Source: Publishers Weekly

Review Date: 1995-07-17

Authentic flavors, sights and sounds of late-17th century New York permeate this fourth volume in the series chronicling the lives of the Tonneman family, beginning with The Dutchman. Pieter Tonneman, sheriff under the Dutch and English as well as businessman and postmaster for New-York, is ordered by his old enemy, First Councillor Nicasius De Sille, to find the miscreant who ritually killed the governor's prize horse, a gift from the king. Urgency is added to the investigation when other animals are slaughtered and whispers of witchcraft begin, aimed at the local Jewish community. Pieter fears for his wife, Racqel, a Jewish physician shunned by her people for marrying out of her faith. As Pieter uncovers evidence of religious mania and Racqel begins to resume contact with her people through her medical skills, an Indian linked to their past comes to their aid. The husband-and-wife team of Martin and Ann Meyers continues to vitalize a colorful and energetic urban colonial setting. (Aug.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved