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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 thoroughly enjoyed this one!! I loved the setting. I enjoyed Sara and Malloy's characters. It defniteily makes me look forward to continuing on with this series.
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3.5 stars, rounded up
This series has been recommended many times by reading friends whose opinions I trust, but I still kept putting it off. As mentioned in other reviews earlier this year, I'm on a historical mystery kick lately, and this fit the bill perfectly.
Sarah, the MC, is a young widow who earns her keep as a midwife, despite having been raised as part of the privileged class. Because she insists on (gasp!) working, she has fallen out of favor with the upper crust, so she isn't surprise ...more
This series has been recommended many times by reading friends whose opinions I trust, but I still kept putting it off. As mentioned in other reviews earlier this year, I'm on a historical mystery kick lately, and this fit the bill perfectly.
Sarah, the MC, is a young widow who earns her keep as a midwife, despite having been raised as part of the privileged class. Because she insists on (gasp!) working, she has fallen out of favor with the upper crust, so she isn't surprise ...more
Page-turning and surprisingly dark. Good mystery, good historical setting, good writing, and I really liked the midwife protagonist.
What I didn't like? I was caught off guard that she wasn't the only protagonist - about half of the scenes were from the viewpoint of an NYPD officer. Now I'm sure it's period-accuracy to have him calling teen dead girls "whores" or saving up money to bribe his way to captain, but I had a lot of trouble liking him as a character. He didn't develop enough by the end ...more
What I didn't like? I was caught off guard that she wasn't the only protagonist - about half of the scenes were from the viewpoint of an NYPD officer. Now I'm sure it's period-accuracy to have him calling teen dead girls "whores" or saving up money to bribe his way to captain, but I had a lot of trouble liking him as a character. He didn't develop enough by the end ...more
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