
Midwife Sarah Brandt and Detective Malloy probe a Knickerbocker club murder in Gilded Age New York amid class tensions.
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Midwife Sarah Brandt and Detective Malloy probe a Knickerbocker club murder in Gilded Age New York amid class tensions.
From the tenements to the town houses of nineteenth-century New York, midwife Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy never waiver in their mission to aid the innocent and apprehend the guilty. Now, the latest novel in the Edgar®-nominated Gaslight Mystery series finds Sarah and Malloy investigating the murder of a Knickerbocker club member who was made to pay his dues… Sarah’s father, Felix Decker, takes his position in society seriously. He refuses to accept his daughter’s involvement...
will contain mild spoilers
Mild romantic tension and attraction; closed-door, non-explicit
Murder investigation with deaths; violence not graphically detailed
Rare mild period-appropriate language
Social drinking consistent with historical setting
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Irish Catholic identity and related social prejudice referenced
No fantasy magic or witchcraft present
No occult or demonology content present
Class hierarchy, Gilded Age society, and ethnic prejudice themes
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Victim’s cruelty referenced; period social hardships in background
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