The storm had turned Manhattan into a monochrome ghost town of swirling gray sleet, empty avenues, and frozen gutters. Along the iron fence of Gramercy Park, snow piled high against the black railings where only keyholders had walked for a century. The historic brownstone townhouse at Number 14 had stood since the late nineteenth century, its limestone facade carved with heraldic griffins, its heavy wrought-iron doors concealing the dark financial…
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