Murder on Amsterdam Avenue (Gaslight Mystery, #17) in 2-3-4 Challenge

May 04, 2019 Jonetta rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2019-in-2019, 5000-2019, nc-br-digital-library, group-read, historical-mystery, 2019-historical-fiction-challenge, 2019-library-love-challenge, 2019-beat-the-backlist-challenge

Sarah Brandt accompanies her mother on a condolence call to a family friend whose son died inexplicably after being ill for only a few days. The father, Gerald Oakes, takes them aside and asks Sarah if she’ll arrange to have Frank meet with him as he fears his son may have been poisoned. Frank does some investigating and quickly learns that Gerald has every right to be suspicious. In the meantime, Sarah and Frank’s wedding plans are on hold until the house renovations are complete and there does ...more

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Jan 30, 2015 Veronica rated it liked it

Shelves: historical-mystery

**Reread May 2019: I listened to the audiobook for this reread and I didn't care for the narrator at all. I pretty much hated all the voices she used for the various characters, particularly Frank's. Otherwise, my original impressions of the book still stand.**

The Gaslight Mystery series has become one of my comfort reads. You know, those books you can go to where you can just sit back, relax, prop your feet up on the table and feel at home. This wasn't the best book in the series what with Sara ...more

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May 10, 2019 Robin rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2019, mystery

When a family friend dies suddenly, Sarah Brandt and her mother make a bereavement call. It seems Charles Oakes suddenly took ill. He died a few days later. Charles' father thinks there may have been foul play and asks Sarah if she and her fiancée, Frank Malloy, would investigate. They discover that Charles was poisoned. Someone put arsenic in his warm milk. But everyone in the household professes to love Charles...everyone except his wife. Now Sarah and Frank have to put their wedding plans on ...more

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Sep 13, 2019 Lauren rated it really liked it

Shelves: poison, historical-mystery, american-civil-war, private-investigator-security, racism, gilded-age

Murder on Amsterdam Avenue
4 Stars

With construction ongoing at his new house, Frank Malloy is eager to escape and readily agrees to investigate the mysterious death of Charles Oakes, a childhood acquaintance of Sarah's. It is soon revealed that young Charles was poisoned in his own home, but which of his family members or servants hated him enough to kill him?

An interesting mystery with compelling insights into the long-lasting effects of the American Civil War. One profound aspect of this series ...more

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Nov 04, 2020 Anita Reads rated it really liked it

Shelves: mystery, cozy-mystery, historical-fiction, storytel, read-2020

[4.5 stars]

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Feb 20, 2025 Connie rated it it was amazing

I listened to this one and really enjoyed it.

Frank Malloy and Sarah Brandt are closer to getting married, if only the house they will live in will be finished. While they are fussing with the house, one of the Decker's friends sons died and the father would like Frank to find out if he was murdered.

Frank, Gino, Maeve and Sarah are on the hunt to find the killer and they don't know who could have done such a thing. There are a lot of suspects and as they narrow down to the killer, they come clos ...more

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Mar 25, 2019 Meera rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-mystery

I liked it but it was too predictable from the beginning. Less obvious clues perhaps. But this one is good one for a series fan as far as what happens to the characters is concerned.

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