Gaslight Mystery series by Victoria Thompson (Books 19, 20)
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Overview: Victoria Thompson is the Edgar-Award nominated author of the Gaslight mystery series and numerous historical novels. She is a founding member and past president of Novelists, Inc., a national organization of published writers of popular fiction. She is also co-founder and past-president of PENNWRITERS, a statewide writer’s organization in Pennsylvania. Victoria has served on the board of directors of Romance Writers of America (RWA) for four years, and was co-founder and the first President of New Jersey Romance Writers. Victoria lives in Pennsylvania with her family.
Genre: Mystery
Victoria Thompson’s Gaslight mystery series starring midwife Sarah Brandt and cop Frank Malloy combines an interesting as well as historical look at life in New York City in the late 1990’s, as the main characters solve, against all odds, difficult murder crimes. Sarah Brandt, the strong female character, is more modern than her Victorian times allow, but Thompson doesn’t make her too anachronistic. She may be rebellious for her times but she is still far removed from our 21st century sensibilities. It is a strange time —police corruption is the norm, in fact it is expected, as is police brutality, misogyny is rampant in all levels of society, poverty is everywhere— with medical and industrial advancements bumping up against the ingrained restraints and buttoned up collars of Victorian society. A woman that chooses to make her own way in the world instead of allowing her wealthy parents to take care of her is considered unnatural.
Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy is a man of his times; it would be difficult for any modern reader to root for a hero that beats confessions out of his suspects and takes bribes just to close a case. But times are changing… and he is the one with the most changing to do. . .
Book 19 – Murder in Morningside Heights
After spending his first few weeks as a private detective by investigating infidelities of the wealthy, Frank has a more serious case at hand.
Abigail Northrup of Tarrytown, New York, was her parents’ pride and joy. After graduating from a prestigious women’s college in Morningside Heights, she took a job there as an instructor. She also joined the ranks of the New Women, ladies planning for a life without a husband in which they make their own decisions and make a difference in the world. Unfortunately, her murder ended all that.
When the police declare the incident a random attack and refuse to investigate further, Abigail’s parents request Frank’s help. Of course, he’ll need Sarah’s assistance as she’s more familiar with the world of academia, and it will be far easier for her to interview the lady professors. Yet difficulties arise as they learn that although Miss Northrup may have been an exemplary student and teacher, she lived in a world of secrets and lies…
Book 20 – Murder in the Bowery
Frank Malloy s latest client is the well-dressed Will Bert. He s searching for his brother, a newsboy named Freddie, so he can share his new financial good fortune. Frank makes quick work of the case and locates Freddie, but a happy reunion between brothers is not in the cards.
When Will’s name is mentioned, Freddie runs off only to be found dead a short time later. Suspicious, Frank tracks down Will who spins a tale of lust and deceit involving a young society woman, Estelle Longacre, also recently deceased. Frank can t be sure if Estelle s risky behavior and the company she kept was to blame, or if her own ruthless family had a hand in her death.
Frank will need Sarah s help to unearth the dark secrets of the wealthy Longacres and to discover if there is a connection between Estelle and Freddie s death. Together they must navigate a perilous underground web of treachery to find the truth.
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