Book guide
The City Beautiful
Possessed by his murdered friend, a Jewish immigrant has days to expose a killer stalking 1893 Chicago.
Genre and trope pairingsFantasyMythologyFantasyRevenge arcGothic FantasyRevenge arcGothic FantasyGhostsHistoricalLGBTQ+ThrillerRace against timeThrillerMissing personThrillerSerial killerMysteryAmateur sleuthMysteryMissing personParanormalGhostsParanormalPossessionYoung AdultLGBTQ+Young AdultComing of age
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About The City Beautiful
Alter Rosen is working to bring his family from Romania to America when his best friend becomes the latest Jewish boy murdered during the Chicago World’s Fair. Possessed by the victim’s dybbuk, Alter joins forces with a dangerous boy from his past to find the killer before the spirit consumes him completely.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Light
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Slow
Content warnings
- antisemitism
- antisemitic slurs
- murder
- violence
- death of a parent
- drowning
- references to sexual assault
- death by burning
- pogroms and massacres
