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Murder on Astor Place
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Author
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Victoria Thompson.
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Publisher
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Berkley
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Format
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paperback
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Product Dimensions
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8
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5
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0.75
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ISBN
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9780425229729
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Pages/Publication Date
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278/2009
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Daedalus Item Code
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20538
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Description
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This first book in Victoria Thompson's Gaslight Mystery series introduces Sarah Brandt, a midwife in the tenements of New York at the turn of the 20th century, and one who refuses to turn a blind eye to the injustices of the crime-ridden city. Following up after an uncomplicated delivery, Sarah 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, as well as the sister of an old friend. Her 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. "The feisty midwife and the ambitious policeman grudgingly become allies in their search for justice. Sarah and Frank are appealing characters, and the author develops their rapport subtly and believably. In this first installment in a new series of historical mysteries, 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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