William Cobb is the pseudonym of the French writer and journalist Jules Lermin. A follower of Alexandre Dumas in the genre of the feuilleton novel and a translator of Shakespeare, Lermina made a significant contribution to the development of adventure literature. In his brilliant novel “New York Mysteries,” the writer intertwines the fates of several characters, gradually lifting the veil of the past... The famous banker Tillinghast trusts before his death a terrible secret to your daughter. Now she must destroy Mesi, Tillinghast's former partner, who ruined him. But first, the girl marries a swindler and drunkard named Vam. Who is this person really and what connects them?