A Curtain Falls

A Curtain Falls is the second novel by Stefanie Pintoff featuring detective Simon Ziele. Both novels are set in New York in the early 1900s at a tine when fingerprinting was new technology in police work. As in her first book. In the Shadow of Gotham, Pintoff pairs detective Ziele with criminologist Alistair Sinclair to help him begin to understand the mind of a criminal and to unravel his thought processes before he kills again. A Curtain Falls is set in the theaters of New York City where actresses are being killed in intricate and elaborate settings that resemble theatrical productions. The novel quickly becomes a page turner as Detective Ziele must work against time to prevent another murder. The many plot twists are handled seamlessly and kept me guessing at the identity of the murderer right up to the end. I also enjoyed In the Shadow of Gotham and hope to soon see more mysteries featuring Ziele and Sinclair by this talented author.