William Cobb is the pen name of the French writer and journalist Jules Lermina (1839–1915). A follower of Alexandre Dumas in the genre of the feuilleton novel, Lermina made a significant contribution to the development of adventure literature.
In his brilliant novel, “The Secrets of New York,” the author weaves together the fates of several heroes, gradually lifting the veil of the past… Before his death, the famous banker Tillinghast entrusts his daughter with a terrible secret. Now she must destroy Mesi—Tillinghast’s former partner, who ruined him. But before the girl can do that, she marries a swindler and drunkard named Vamp. Who is this man, really, and what ties them together?