Is it at all possible that this is Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye?
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> 1. Book ID: Hist Fic "The Monster" kidnaps children for sweatshops.
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> Date: Wed, 17 May 2017 17:11:34 +0000
> From: David Wright <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Book ID: Hist Fic "The Monster" kidnaps children for sweatshops.
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> The following hasn't yielded to my (cursory) searching - yet;
> perhaps someone here knows it?
> The book is fictional and it takes place in New York in the
> Industrial Revolution. There is a monstrous person called "the
> monster" who is kidnapping kids in sweat factories. The book is
> about the police who are looking for him.
> Sounds delightful, no? Let me know if you know it.
> Yours,
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> David Wright "Que Scay-Je?"
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