Murder on St. Nicholas Avenue

Zusatztext Praise for Murder on St. Nicholas Avenue   “Thompson is expert at combining details about the era’s history as well as social details of many segments of New York society! allowing the story to paint a vivid picture of people often left out of similar books.”— RT Book Reviews (4 1/2 stars! Top Pick)   Praise for the Edgar® and Agatha award-nominated Gaslight Mysteries “TANTALIZING.”—Catherine Coulter! #1 New York Times bestselling author  “Victoria Thompson SHINES...Anne Perry and Caleb Carr fans! rejoice!”—Tamar Myers! national bestselling author “WITH WRITING THIS GOOD! I would recommend not missing a single Thompson tale.”— Suspense Magazine “REWARDING reading to fans of Rhys Bowen and Cordelia Frances Biddle.”— Library Journal “GANGS OF NEW YORK! EAT YOUR HEART OUT—this book is the real thing.”— Mystery Scene Informationen zum Autor Victoria Thompson is the Edgar® and Agatha award–nominated author of the Gaslight Mysteries! the Counterfeit Lady series! and twenty additional historical novels. She lives in Illinois with her family and a very spoiled little dog. Klappentext The author of City of Lies returns to nineteenth-century New York City to find Christmas in the air! a police detective and a midwife with love in their hearts! and a wealthy widow accused of murder… Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy and Sarah Brandt aren't the only ones who've recently tied the knot. Family friend Mrs. O'Neill was delighted when her daughter! Una! wed the seemingly wealthy and charming Randolph Pollock. But there's a problem. Una was found cradling her dead husband's body. Rendered mute by the ordeal! she cannot explain what happened and now stands charged with murder. Mrs. O'Neill would like Frank to investigate the case and save Una! yet with Frank and Sarah still on their honeymoon! it's up to the other members of their newly formed household to do some detective work. But solving the mystery behind Pollock's death means first discovering the truth about who he really is... 1 Maeve hurried to answer the door. Whoever was out there was getting impatient. Ringing the bell hadn't been good enough. Now they were knocking, too. Little Catherine had to practically run to keep up, but she wasn't about to be left behind by her nursemaid. "Is it a baby?" Catherine asked, easily remembering how her mother would be summoned at all hours to deliveries when she was a midwife, since those calls had stopped only a few short months ago. "I hope not," Maeve replied. "Your mama doesn't deliver babies anymore, and besides, she's too far away to help even if she did." Maeve pulled open the door and found a middle-aged woman standing on the doorstep. Her hat was obviously the one she saved for "best," although her coat had seen better days. Maeve instantly classified her as one of the people who had started coming to the Malloy house looking for a handout as soon as they discovered her employer, Frank Malloy, had become a millionaire. "Is this where the Malloys live?" the woman asked, looking up doubtfully at the imposing fa?ade. Malloy and his new bride had decided to wait until they returned from their honeymoon to hire servants, but Maeve was starting to think that had been a terrible mistake. Nothing like a snooty butler to send people on their way. "Yes, it is, but-" "I'm a friend of Mrs. Malloy. Mrs. Alma Malloy, that is, not the new missus." "She's not-" "Oh, I know she's not home now," the woman said, twisting her hands anxiously. "She's with the boy at his school, isn't she? I wouldn't know that if I wasn't really her friend, now, would I? But it's not her I was wanting to see, is it? No, it's himself, Mr. Malloy. Francis. I've known him from a boy, I have, and I . ....

Product details

• Authors: Victoria Thompson
• Publisher: Penguin Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 30.11.2015, delayed
• EAN: 9780425278970
• ISBN: 978-0-425-27897-0
• Series: Gaslight Mysteries; A Gaslight Mystery; A Gaslight Mystery
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense