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Murder on Astor Place

Gaslight Mystery, Book 1

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Murder on Astor Place

By: Victoria Thompson
Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu
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After a routine delivery, midwife Sarah Brandt visits her patient in a rooming house and finds 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.

©1999 Victoria Thompson (P)2015 Tantor
Crime Fiction Detective Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Mystery Police Procedural Urban Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Crime Murder Mystery

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"Thompson vividly re-creates the gas-lit world of old New York, concluding her mystery with revelations that will shock even 20th-century readers." ( Publishers Weekly)
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overall it was a little predictable. but it was still entertaining and a nice way to pass time while doing the chores

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