Deal of the Day — Ellen Horan’s 31 BOND STREET, interweaves fiction with actual events surrounding the infamous murder of Dr. Harvey Burdell and the subsequent trial of his housekeeper and lover Emma Cunningham, a clever historical narrative that blends romance, politics, greed and sexual intrigue, set against the background of bustling, corrupt New York City, four years before the Civil War, in a major two book seven figure deal preempt to Harper’s Jonathan Burnham and Claire Wachtel by agent Marly Rusoff of Marly Rusoff Literary. World English; Film rights handled by Lynn Pleshette Agency
