Murder in Murray Hill (Gaslight Mysteries) - Hardcover

Thompson, Victoria

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0425260429 ISBN 13: 9780425260425

Publisher: Berkley Books, 2014

Synopsis

When facing injustice, the residents of nineteenth-century New York City's tenements turn to midwife Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy to protect their rights. Now, as the Edgar(R) and Agatha Award-nominated series continues, the two must track down a cruel criminal preying on the hopes and dreams of innocent women...

A Gaslight Mystery

Frank Malloy has never known any life other than that of a cop, but his newfound inheritance threatens his position within his department. While trying to keep both his relationship with Sarah and his fortune under wraps, he's assigned to a new case--finding a missing young woman for her worried father, Henry Livingston.

It seems the girl had been responding to "lonely hearts" ads in the paper for months before she disappeared. Her father thinks that she's eloped with a deceptive stranger, but Malloy fears the worst, knowing that the grifters who place such ads often do much more than simply abscond with their victims. But as Sarah and Malloy delve deeper into a twisted plot targeting the city's single women, it's their partnership--both professional and private--that winds up in the greatest peril...

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Review:

Praise for the Edgar(R) and Agatha Award-nominated Gaslight Mysteries

"Tantalizing."--Catherine Coulter, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Backfire

"Victoria Thompson has a knack for putting the reader inside her characters' heads and...[brings] the setting vividly to life."--Kate Kingsbury, author of Mulled Murder

"Victoria Thompson shines...Anne Perry and Caleb Carr fans, rejoice!"--Tamar Myers, national bestselling author of The Witch Doctor's Wife

"Fast-paced...Another Victorian page-turner!"--Robin Paige, national bestselling author of Death on the Lizard

"A fascinating window into a bygone era."--Kirkus Reviews

"Vividly re-creates the gaslit world of old New York."--Publishers Weekly

"Gangs of New York, eat your heart out--this book is the real thing."--Mystery Scene

"Enthralling...Fascinating characters with a story to tell."--Fresh Fiction

About the Author:

Victoria Thompson is the Edgar(R) and Agatha Award-nominated author of the Gaslight Mysteries, including Murder in Chelsea, Murder on Fifth Avenue, and Murder on St. Mark's Place, and numerous historical novels. She lives in Western Pennsylvania with her family.

About this edition

• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0425260429
• ISBN 13: 9780425260425
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 296