Murder on Mulberry Bend (Gaslight Mystery Series #5)

by Victoria Thompson

Overview

Sarah Brandt, a midwife in turn-of-the-century New York City, has seen more than her share of joy and sorrow, birth and death. Now she will see for the first time how the squalor of the streets can breed madness and murder…

 

The Prodigal Son Mission on Mulberry Bend stands as a refuge for girls who otherwise would have to live by selling the only thing they have of value—themselves. The work being done there so impresses Sarah that she volunteers to help out however she can—with clothes, with medical assistance, with the organization of a benefit dinner. And when one of the girls is found dead and refused burial because of her former life, Sarah’s passion for justice is aroused.

 

Reluctantly, Sergeant Frank Malloy agrees to look into the death, if only to keep Sarah from endangering herself by pursuing the matter. But Sarah cannot be kept out of the investigation—and just as Malloy feared, her attempts to find the cause of the unfortunate girl’s death in the circumstances of her life put her in deadly danger—from an unexpected source…

 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780425189108
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	03/04/2003
Series:	Gaslight Mystery Series , #5
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	122,418
Product dimensions:	6.76(w) x 10.88(h) x 0.94(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Victoria Thompson is the Edgar(r) Award-nominated author of the Gaslight mystery series and 20 additional historical novels. She lives in Pennsylvania with her family.

Editorial Reviews

"I can't see [Callie Beaulieu] not being Sarah and narrating this story. . . . she really does have the right tone for this series." ---Books, Movies, Reviews! Oh My!

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