A review by nderiley
Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul by Karen Abbott

4.0

To quote the NY Times book review, this book WAS a love letter to the underworld! A very interesting story, following a high class brothel in Chicago - I found myself cheering for the madams of the neighborhood rather than the reformers.

I loved the scattering of pictures of the club and the characters in the story, it made me feel more connected to the picture being painted.