Murder in Rose Hill /
Thompson, Victoria
Murder in Rose Hill / Victoria Thompson. - 327 pages ; 21 cm. - A gaslight mystery ; 27 . - Thompson, Victoria (Victoria E.). Gaslight mystery ; [27] .
"Midwife Sarah Malloy and her private investigator husband, Frank, must shine a light on the truth and catch the fiend who killed a young reporter in this new entry in the USA Today bestselling Gaslight Mystery series. Louisa Rodgers is working as a magazine reporter and is hoping midwife Sarah Malloy can help her. New Century Magazine, like Colliers and McClure's, is branching out into investigative articles on pressing social issues. Louisa explains that she is researching the dangers of patent medicines. She had been walking through the neighborhood in search of people addicted to such nostrums to interview when she saw the sign for the clinic. Sarah is only too happy to tell Louisa exactly what she thinks of the so-called medicines that hurt much more than they help. A few days later, Sarah receives a visit from a man who introduces himself as Louisa's father. Bernard Rodgers explains that Louisa has been found strangled in the lobby of the building where New Century has its offices. The police have decided it was a random attack and have made no attempt to investigate, hinting that Louisa got what she deserved for sticking her nose where it didn't belong. Her family found Sarah's card among Louisa's effects, and now it is up to Sarah and Frank to catch a cold-blooded murderer"--
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Brandt, Sarah (Fictitious character) --Fiction.
Malloy, Frank (Fictitious character) --Fiction.
Midwives--Fiction.
Private investigators--Fiction.
Journalists--Fiction.
Patent medicines--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
New York (N.Y.)--History--19th century--Fiction.
Cozy mysteries.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.
Murder in Rose Hill / Victoria Thompson. - 327 pages ; 21 cm. - A gaslight mystery ; 27 . - Thompson, Victoria (Victoria E.). Gaslight mystery ; [27] .
"Midwife Sarah Malloy and her private investigator husband, Frank, must shine a light on the truth and catch the fiend who killed a young reporter in this new entry in the USA Today bestselling Gaslight Mystery series. Louisa Rodgers is working as a magazine reporter and is hoping midwife Sarah Malloy can help her. New Century Magazine, like Colliers and McClure's, is branching out into investigative articles on pressing social issues. Louisa explains that she is researching the dangers of patent medicines. She had been walking through the neighborhood in search of people addicted to such nostrums to interview when she saw the sign for the clinic. Sarah is only too happy to tell Louisa exactly what she thinks of the so-called medicines that hurt much more than they help. A few days later, Sarah receives a visit from a man who introduces himself as Louisa's father. Bernard Rodgers explains that Louisa has been found strangled in the lobby of the building where New Century has its offices. The police have decided it was a random attack and have made no attempt to investigate, hinting that Louisa got what she deserved for sticking her nose where it didn't belong. Her family found Sarah's card among Louisa's effects, and now it is up to Sarah and Frank to catch a cold-blooded murderer"--
9780593639795 0593639790
2023037123
Brandt, Sarah (Fictitious character) --Fiction.
Malloy, Frank (Fictitious character) --Fiction.
Midwives--Fiction.
Private investigators--Fiction.
Journalists--Fiction.
Patent medicines--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
New York (N.Y.)--History--19th century--Fiction.
Cozy mysteries.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.