Death Shall Overcome Author:Emma Lathen Dow Jones quivers when the crusty old brokerage house of Schuyler & Schuyler announces a new partner with a seat on the Stock Exchange - Black millionaire Edward Parry. Murders, attempted murders and civil rights demonstrations bring security on Wall Street to a record low until John Putnam Thacher closes the portfolio right on the inviolable ... more »floor of the Exchange. John Putnam Thatcher is one of the very few important series detecives to enter the field. Here is a wonderfully rational and pointed novel. The best of the lot.« less