**When Gino Donatelli is accused of a brutal murder, beloved sleuths Sarah and Frank Malloy have to catch a killer who is out to destroy their innocent friend's life in the latest installment of the national bestselling Gaslight mysteries.** A victim is found, brutally murdered and the police a
Murder on Amsterdam Avenue: a gaslight mystery
β Scribed by Thompson, Victoria E
- Publisher
- Berkley Pub Group; Berkley Prime Crime
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 161 KB
- Series
- Gaslight Mystery 17
- Edition
- First edition
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- New York (N.Y.), New York (State)--New York.
- ISBN
- 042526047X
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β¦ Synopsis
In this Gaslight Mystery from the national bestselling author of Murder in Murray Hill , midwife Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy investigate foul play in the secretive high-society world of nineteenth-century New York Cityβ¦
In the midst of Sarah and Frankβs wedding preparations, Sarah accompanies her mother on a condolence call to the Upper West Side, where Charles Fairfax, the son of family friends, has died unexpectedly after suffering from a mysterious disease. It is a tragic and all too common storyβor so it seems. Charlesβs father asks to speak with Sarah privately. He believes his son was poisoned and would like Sarah and Frank to look into the matter with the utmost discretion.
Putting their own personal affairs on hold, Sarah and Frank soon learn that not everyone wants to know more about Charlesβs death, particularly if he was murdered. As they unravel secrets that reach back to the War Between the States, they also discover that they are in the company of a very present dangerβ¦
β¦ Subjects
New York (State) -- New York
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When Gino Donatelli is accused of a brutal murder, beloved sleuths Sarah and Frank Malloy have to catch a killer who is out to destroy their innocent friend's life in the latest installment of the national bestselling Gaslight mysteries. A victim is found, brutally murdered and the police are certa