City of Light - Softcover

"Suspenseful...A historical novel of high intrigue."
--People

"Get your hands on City of Light, a full-to-the-brim first novel...a straight-through, sleepless read."
--Time

"A big novel, full of electricity...Niagara Falls, with currents of romance, suspense and history, cascades through City of Light...
a pleasure to read."
--The Oregonian (Portland)

"Breathtaking...a remarkable blend of murder mystery, love story, political intrigue and tragedy of manners."
--USA Today

"An ingenious first novel...alive with historical figures who mingle seamlessly with fictional characters."
--The New York Times Book Review

"Wonderful...part murder mystery, part love story."
--Chicago Tribune

A New York Times Notable Book
A Main Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club

In 1901 Buffalo, New York, Louisa Barrett, the progressive headmistress of the exclusive Macaulay School for Girls, stumbles upon a secret involving the powerful members of her school board that could destroy everything for which she has worked as well as her relationship with her goddaughter and the child's widowed father. A first novel. Reprint.