**Quaker midwife Rose Carroll seeks the true cause of a young mother's death** The winter of 1889 is harsh in Amesbury, Massachusetts, but it doesn't stop Quaker midwife Rose Carroll from making the rounds to her pregnant and postpartum mothers. When Charity Skells dies from an apparent early misca
Quaker Midwife 07 A Changing Light
โ Scribed by Edith Maxwell
- Book ID
- 115014488
- Publisher
- Beyond the Page
- Year
- 2021
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 125 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781950461998
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โฆ Synopsis
In a new mystery from Agatha Award-winning author Edith Maxwell, midwife Rose Carroll confronts a killer on the cusp of a new age . . .
As the nineteenth century nears an end, midwife Rose Carroll can see signs of progress and change everywhere in her Amesbury community. Adding to the excitement is the annual Spring Opening, when the town's world-famous carriage manufacturers throw open their doors to visitors from all over the globe. This year's festivities are tainted, however, when a representative from a prominent Canadian carriage company is murdered.
Driven by her strong sense of justice, Rose is determined to track down the killer. She has only just begun her investigation when she learns that the plans for a radical new horseless carriage have gone missing. Faced with the question of whether the two crimes are connected--and a list of suspects that includes some of Amesbury's own residents and any number of foreign...
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