Murder on St. Mark's Place -

Victoria Thompson

Berkley Books

2000

288 páginas

9h 36m

ISBN-13: 9780425173619

As a midwife in the turn-of-the-century tenements of New York City, Sarah Brandt has seen suffering and joy, birth and death-and even murder. And the crime ridden streets of the teeming city offer little relief from either.

Thinking she has been summoned by German immigrant Agnes Otto to usher a new life into the world, Sarah Brandt is greeted by the news of an untimely death instead. It seems that Agnes's beautiful younger sister, Gerda, had fallen into the life of a "Charity Girl." Caught up in the false glamour of the city's nightlife, she would trade her company - and her favors - not for money, but for lavish gifts and an evenings' entertainment. And now she was dead; victim, no doubt, of one of her "gentlemen friends."

No one cares much about the fate of girls like Gerda, but Sarah does. And she vows to find her killer. To do so, she turns to Sergeant Frank Malloy. As the two pursue an investigation that leads from the bright lights of Coney Island to the stately homes of Fifth Avenue, they find that their shared passion for justice may cost them dearly...

Resenhas (1)

5 (Perfeito)

I really liked this book, the plot is interesting the development of the story and of the characters are nice, even though there is not a huge plot twist about who the murderer is, it was well written and it kept my attention all the time. The end was awesome and i'll probably continue the series, because i'm curious to see what will happen with Brian and also excited to know about the next case of Detective Malloy and our amazing midwife.