Victoria Thompson
Murder on Fifth Avenue
Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy return once more in Thompson’s fourteenth Gaslight Mystery novel set in 1890s New…
Murder on Sisters’ Row
Fans of Victoria Thompson and her Gaslight Mystery series will enjoy Murder on Sisters’ Row, the latest Sarah Brandt story.…
Murder on Waverly Place: A Gaslight Mystery
Sarah Brandt has eschewed her wealthy background to become a midwife for the needy of New York City in the…
Murder in Chinatown: A Gaslight Mystery
The murder of a lovely young Chinese-Irish-American girl from an affluent Chinatown family, shortly after her elopement with a handsome…
Murder In Little Italy
In the turbulent immigrant neighborhoods of late 1890s New York, Tammany Hall ward heelers juggle political power while other ethnic…
Murder on Marble Row
Commissioner Teddy Roosevelt orders Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy to investigate the very serious murder of Mr. Gregory Van Dyke, a…
Murder on St. Mark’s Place
This novel is Victoria Thompson’s second book in the Gaslight Mystery series. Her midwife detective Sarah Brandt once again teams…
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