City of Promises

Description

Elizabeth Bates must use everything she knows about the art of the con to stop a fellow scammer in his tracks in this first-ever thrilling crossover in the Victoria Thompson universe, featuring characters from her bestselling Gaslight Mysteries.

Famed former police detective turned private investigator Frank Malloy and his wife, Sarah, come to Gideon Bates desperate for legal guidance. The Malloys’ adopted daughter, Catherine, a burgeoning star of the stage, has announced her engagement to a man she barely knows. Catherine has recently gained access to her trust fund, and Sebastian Talbot appears very eager to marry her as quickly as possible.

As Gideon and his wife, Elizabeth, investigate, it becomes all the clearer that Talbot may not be who he says he is. As a former con artist herself, Elizabeth suspects one may be in their midst. Undeterred by her pregnancy, she must pull out all the stops to out swindle a swindler and save another woman from ruin.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Contributors: Victoria Thompson,Ellen Thompson (Author)
Published: 07/28/2026
Publisher: Berkley Books
ISBN: 9780593816516
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 1.20″ H x 8.30″ L x 5.10″ W

About the Author
Victoria Thompson was the USA Today bestselling, Edgar(R) and Agatha award-nominated author of the Gaslight Mysteries and the Counterfeit Lady novels. She became enchanted by New York City, and Greenwich Village in particular, while her daughter Ellen attended New York University.

Ellen Thompson is an award-winning screenwriter and an award-nominated musical playwright. She earned a bachelor of fine arts from New York University Tisch School of the Arts. She lives in Los Angeles and advocates for Lyme and other tick-borne disease awareness.