Book Beginnings and The Friday 56

I'm linking up with Rose City Reader for Book Beginnings and Freda's Voice for Page 56. Check out the links above for the rules and for the posts of the participants each week. Pick the closest book on your book stack and join the fun.

The Beginning: "Charles Oakes is Dead."

Page 56: Even though he'd never seen them before, he knew the type: political hacks. They hung around the fringes of power...."

From the latest Gaslight Mystery, Murder on Amsterdam Avenue by Victoria Thompson. This is one of my must buys. This is a series that releases one book a year. Wish there were more.