โ Scribed by Thompson, Victoria
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Midwife Sarah Brandt braves the dangers of the tenements in nineteenth-century New York to help the impoverished and, with Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy, bring the guilty that prey on them to justice. Now, the latest novel in the Edgarยฎ-nominated series finds Sarah compelled to save an expectant mother from a fate worse than deathโฆ Summoned to an elegant house to deliver a baby, Sarah finds her patient is actually in a brothel. The young woman in labor reveals she is being held against her will and forced to prostitute herselfโand that the madam intends to get rid of the baby.ย ย To rescue the new mother and her infant, Sarah secures the assistance of Mrs. Vivian Van Orner, a woman of means known for her charitable work. But their success comes at a high price when Mrs.Van Orner is found murdered. With Malloyโs help, Sarahโs investigation uncovers some unpleasant truths about the victim and her charityโas well as the woman and child Sarah risked her own life to saveโฆ
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