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Gilded Conspiracy
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerHistorical Fiction
Publisher: Ethan Ross
Published: Dec 15 2025
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.42
Height: 0.37 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Gilded Conspiracy
New York City, 1895. A city of dazzling progress, where electric lights promise a brighter future, yet a dark shadow of corruption stretches from the gaslit slums to the marble halls of power. In this world of stark contrasts, the truth is a valuable, and dangerous, commodity.
Eliza Cross is a sharp, relentless investigative journalist for the New York World newspaper. She believes in the power of the printed word to expose the city's deep-seated rot. When a nervous engineer slips her a set of blueprints proving that the city's new electric grid is a deadly fire hazard designed by the powerful tycoon Cornelius Vane, Eliza plunges into a world of danger and conspiracy.
From the moment the story breaks, the city fights back. Eliza is targeted by Vane's ruthless enforcers and a compromised police force led by the corrupt Captain Moriarty. Her fight for the truth takes her on a treacherous journey through four escalating arcs of corruption: from the electric conspiracy that threatens to burn the city, to exposing a slumlord's calculated murders, and finally, tearing away the gilded mask of high society philanthropists who fund the entire illicit operation.
Gilded Conspiracy is a captivating, descriptive journey through the underbelly of a rapidly changing New York City, where a single determined reporter risks everything to expose the wealthy and powerful who believe they are above the law. The battle is fierce, the stakes are life and death, and the only weapon is the truth.
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