Stars: 3
Review by: Mandy Apgar
One of the cartoonist's excellent graphic novels on Victorian and early 1900s crime stories. This one centers around one Evelyn Nesbit, a naive showgirl/singer who finds herself being courted by Stanford White, the man behind the Madison Square Garden building. Known for his penchant for young girls (and having a red velvet swing inside a private room) White professes innocent intentions, but after a party where Evelyn is slipped a drugged drink, she awakens to realize she was raped. Shamed and embarrassed, she keeps silent but finally confesses the act to her later husband. Mentally disturbed already, he shoots White in order to defend his wife's "honor" and is found not guilty by reason of insanity. As usual, Geary's line work is excellent - well modeled faces and great use of dark shadows. Not one of the best of the series, but still good.
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