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  • Gaslight Mystery, Book 1
  • Written by: Victoria Thompson
  • Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu
  • Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (9 ratings)

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Murder on Astor Place

Written by: Victoria Thompson
Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu
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After a routine delivery, midwife Sarah Brandt visits her patient in a rooming house and finds that another boarder, a young girl, has been killed. At the request of sergeant Frank Malloy, she searches the girl's room and discovers that the victim is from one of the most prominent families in New York - and the sister of an old friend. The powerful family, fearful of scandal, refuses to permit an investigation. But with Malloy's help, Sarah begins a dangerous quest to bring the killer to justice before death claims another victim.

©1999 Victoria Thompson (P)2015 Tantor
Police Procedurals Women Sleuths Historical Crime Fiction Genre Fiction Murder Mystery
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What the critics say

"Thompson vividly re-creates the gas-lit world of old New York, concluding her mystery with revelations that will shock even 20th-century readers." ( Publishers Weekly)

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Very Disappointed

This was recommended as something I would like, comparable to Jessica Ellicott mysteries and it was not even close. The AI narrating was bad enough, but the story line was in very bad taste and is an insult to compare to Ellicott’s novels.

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