Under the Manhattan Bridge: An Anita Servi Mystery (Anita Servi Mysteries)

Anita Servi has given up social work; there was too much stress, too many people were dying. So she went to work for her husband, Benno, spending time in the arty community under the Manhattan Bridge, doing simple jobs in his woodworking shop. It was easy, it was fun.

Unfortunately for Anita, the job that was supposed to be peaceful was anything but, and it certainly wasn't fun. Not with the discovery of the body of a young man hidden in the equipment, a boy really, brutally murdered. There was no clue as to his identity, as to why he might have been killed...only a corpse and too many questions that demanded answers.

Asking questions is something Anita knows how to do; sometimes it takes her longer and farther afield to find the answers. This time her search takes her from the Russian baths on the Lower East Side to the Orthodox community in Williamsburg and the artists' galleries of the East Village. What she uncovers--links between party drugs, a stash of old diamonds and some expected greed--brings one of Irene Marcuse's praised denouments.

The highly praised Anita Servi mysteries, are not only set in New York, but bring the character of the city to life, as they explore the ways in which we treat each other. Drawing on her long career as a social worker and activist, Irene Marcuse portrays the city vividly while offering brilliant mysteries for the puzzle lover in all of us.