Murder in Chelsea (A Gaslight Mystery) - Softcover

Thompson, Victoria

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0425260453 ISBN 13: 9780425260456

Publisher: Berkley, 2014

Synopsis

Sarah Brandt is shattered when she learns that a woman has inquired at the Daughters of Hope Mission for Catherine, the abandoned child she has taken as her daughter. The woman claims she was Catherine’s nursemaid, and is now acting on behalf of the girl’s mother to reunite them.
 
Unwilling to simply hand Catherine over to a complete stranger, Sarah asks Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy to investigate. But when he goes to interview the woman at her tenement in Chelsea, he finds she has been murdered.
 
Though her death leaves Sarah’s claim to Catherine unchallenged, her sense of justice compels her to work with Malloy to find the killer. Their search takes them from the marble mansions of the Upper West Side to the dilapidated dwellings of lower Manhattan and into the deepest and darkest secrets of Catherine’s past.
 
And while Malloy helps Sarah determine the fate of the child she loves, he faces a challenge of his own—and his decision could change both their lives forever...

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About the Author

Victoria Thompson is the EdgarŽ Award–nominated author of the Gaslight Mysteries (Murder on Fifth Avenue, Murder on Sisters' Row, Murder on Lexington Avenue) and numerous historical novels. She lives in Western Pennsylvania with her family.

From Booklist

New York midwife Sarah Brandt is upset when she learns that someone has been inquiring at Hope Mission about Catherine, the abandoned girl who is now her ward. The woman asking claims to be working on behalf of Catherine’s mother, who wants to be reunited with her daughter. Sarah will not simply hand Catherine over to an unknown woman, so she asks her police-officer friend, Frank Malloy, to investigate. When he goes to the woman’s boardinghouse in Chelsea, he finds her dead. This is hardly bad news for Sarah, since her custody will not be challenged, but her sense of justice compels her to look into the murder. She and Malloy, along with a bit of help from her wealthy parents, the Deckers, scour the high- and lower-class neighborhoods of Manhattan as they learn about Catherine’s past and discover the foibles of some prominent families. Malloy also has a challenge to face. It will affect both his future and Sarah’s. Thompson’s Gaslight Mysteries are first-rate historicals with a strong female sleuth. --Barbara Bibel

About this edition

• Publisher: Berkley
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0425260453
• ISBN 13: 9780425260456
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 304