Serpent Heart: The Cobblestone Chronicles, Book II

Mix together in a large container.

A trailblazing female inquiry agent.
A disapproving police detective.
A stubborn suffragist.
A wily state assemblyman.
An ambitious vaudeville dancer.
An unscrupulous newspaper reporter.
An unhappy society wife.
The mysterious owner of a gambling house.
A determined villain, bent on revenge.
Assorted minor characters, each with an agenda of his or her own.

Agitate thoroughly.

Dish of the day: Murder and mayhem in New York City, 1891.