Mystery
Murder on Amsterdam Avenue
2015·294 pages
A midwife and detective probe a suspicious poisoning among Gilded Age New York high society while preparing for their wedding.
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A midwife and detective probe a suspicious poisoning among Gilded Age New York high society while preparing for their wedding.
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In this mystery From the national bestselling author of Murder on Trinity Place, midwife Sarah Brandt and former police detective Frank Malloy investigate a murder in the secretive, high-society world of nineteenth-century New York City... In the midst of Sarah and Frank’s wedding preparations, Sarah accompanies her mother on a condolence call to the Upper West Side, where Charles Oakes, the son of family friends, has died unexpectedly after suffering from a mysterious disease. But Charles’s fat...
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What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Engaged couple wedding prep; mild attraction and romance
Violence & gore
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Poisoning murder central; investigation peril without graphic gore
Profanity
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No evidence found in available sources
Substance use
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No evidence found in available sources
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No evidence found in available sources
Religious content
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Condolence call and period death customs briefly present
Magic & witchcraft
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Not present
Occult / demonology
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Not present
Political content
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Social class divides; Civil War-era secrets and identity themes
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
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Poisoning; mental asylum references; historical family cruelty
Other
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