Murder on Amsterdam Avenue

A Mystery Novel by Victoria Thompson

Book 17 of the Gaslight Mysteries Series

Subgenres:

Historical Mystery,
Nineteenth-Century New York City,
High Society

Published 2015

Length 294 pages

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Gilded Age New York secrets hiding behind velvet curtains
Sleuthing couples balancing romance with murder investigations
Historical mysteries where old wounds from the Civil War resurface

Publisher Description

In this mystery, midwife Sarah Brandt and former police detective Frank Malloy investigate a murder in the secretive, high-society world of nineteenth-century New York City.

In the midst of Sarah and Frank’s wedding preparations, Sarah accompanies her mother on a condolence call to the Upper West Side, where Charles Oakes, the son of family friends, has died unexpectedly after suffering from a mysterious disease. But Charles’s father believes his son was poisoned, and would like Sarah and Frank to look into the matter with the utmost discretion.

Putting off their own personal affairs, Sarah and Frank soon learn that not everyone wants to know more about Charles’s death, particularly if he was murdered. As they unravel secrets that reach back to the Civil War, they also discover that they are in the company of a very present danger.

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