ENGLISH

Murder on Astor Place (Gaslight Mysteries)

By Victoria Thompson

Book information

Publisher
Berkley Trade
Year
2009
ISBN
0425229726, 9780425229729
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
640 kB (655429 bytes)
Edition
Reprint
Pages
288\0
Time added
2012-03-17 06:00:00

Description

The first Gaslight mystery?newly repackaged. After a routine delivery, midwife Sarah Brandt visits her patient in a rooming house?and discovers that another boarder, a young girl, has been killed. At the request of Sergeant Frank Malloy, she searches the girl?s room, and discovers that the victim is from one of the most prominent families in New York? and the sister of an old friend. The powerful family, fearful of scandal, refuses to permit an investigation. But with Malloy?s help, Sarah begins a dangerous quest to bring the killer to justice?before death claims another victim.

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