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Widow Sarah Brandt is a midwife in late 19th century New York City. When she is called out to Astor Place to attend Mrs. Higgins at the Higgins Boardinghouse, she believes she recognizes one of the boarders. The girls looks just like her old friend Mina when she was the same age. When Sarah goes back to the boardinghouse two days later to check on the mother and child, she finds that the girl has been murdered. Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy has been sent to investigate. He has ambitions to mov
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I have heard good things about this series and seeing that my library has them all in audiobook, I decided to take the plunge. I'm glad I did and will definitely be listening to the rest of the series, although with 26 books in the series, it will take awhile. In Murder on Astor Place, we meet midwife Sarah Brandt, the protagonist. Sarah visits a rooming house to see one of her clients and discovers that a young woman has been murdered. There is a tool near the body that is used for abortion and
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#1 Gaslight Mystery
New York 1896, we meet widower Sarah Brandt who works as a midwife. She is estranged from her wealthy family after she chose to marry beneath her status, and therefore decided to become a midwife. Not long into the book she becomes mixed into a murder investigation on a young girl, who was pregnant at the time of death. The murder investigation is lead by Detective Sergeant Frank Molloy.
I had a feeling I’d really enjoy this before I went into it, and I was happy to see that I ...more
New York 1896, we meet widower Sarah Brandt who works as a midwife. She is estranged from her wealthy family after she chose to marry beneath her status, and therefore decided to become a midwife. Not long into the book she becomes mixed into a murder investigation on a young girl, who was pregnant at the time of death. The murder investigation is lead by Detective Sergeant Frank Molloy.
I had a feeling I’d really enjoy this before I went into it, and I was happy to see that I ...more
I love the setting, and will continue with the rest of the series. However, the 'mystery' was completely predictable, so it loses a star for that.
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Sep 23, 2016
✨ Vittoria ✨
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