Murder on Amsterdam Avenue
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Thompson, Victoria Author
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Penguin Publishing Group , 2015.
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In this Gaslight Mystery from the national bestselling author of Murder in Murray Hill, midwife Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy investigate foul play in the secretive high-society world of nineteenth-century New York CityIn the midst of Sarah and Frank’s wedding preparations, Sarah accompanies her mother on a condolence call to the Upper West Side, where Charles Fairfax, the son of family friends, has died unexpectedly after suffering from a mysterious disease. It is a tragic and all too common storyor so it seems. Charles’s father asks to speak with Sarah privately. He believes his son was poisoned and would like Sarah and Frank to look into the matter with the utmost discretion.Putting their own personal affairs on hold, 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 War Between the States, they also discover that they are in the company of a very present danger
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Published Reviews
Publisher's Weekly Review
In Edgar-finalist Thompson's solid 17th Gaslight mystery set in New York City in the late 1890s, Frank Malloy, who was fired from the NYPD in 2014's Murder on Murray Hill after he inherited a fortune, transitions easily into work as a private eye. Frank's bride-to-be, Sarah Brandt, lands him his first case after she pays a condolence call to the family of the late Charles Oakes, who was just appointed the superintendent of the Manhattan State Hospital, an insane asylum. Since Charles was in perfectly good health before his sudden death, his father suspects he was poisoned. Frank has a wide range of suspects to consider, both inside the family and out, and the pressure to solve the murder ratchets up when the killer strikes again. The plot is pretty formulaic, but Rhys Bowen and Anne Perry fans looking for another series featuring Victorian-era husband-wife sleuths will likely be satisfied. Agent: Nancy Yost, Nancy Yost Literary Agency. (May) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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In Edgar-finalist Thompson's solid 17th Gaslight mystery set in New York City in the late 1890s, Frank Malloy, who was fired from the NYPD in 2014's Murder on Murray Hill after he inherited a fortune, transitions easily into work as a private eye. Frank's bride-to-be, Sarah Brandt, lands him his first case after she pays a condolence call to the family of the late Charles Oakes, who was just appointed the superintendent of the Manhattan State Hospital, an insane asylum. Since Charles was in perfectly good health before his sudden death, his father suspects he was poisoned. Frank has a wide range of suspects to consider, both inside the family and out, and the pressure to solve the murder ratchets up when the killer strikes again. The plot is pretty formulaic, but Rhys Bowen and Anne Perry fans looking for another series featuring Victorian-era husband-wife sleuths will likely be satisfied. Agent: Nancy Yost, Nancy Yost Literary Agency. (May)
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Thompson, V. (2015). Murder on Amsterdam Avenue . Penguin Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Thompson, Victoria. 2015. Murder On Amsterdam Avenue. Penguin Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Thompson, Victoria. Murder On Amsterdam Avenue Penguin Publishing Group, 2015.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Thompson, V. (2015). Murder on amsterdam avenue. Penguin Publishing Group.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Thompson, Victoria. Murder On Amsterdam Avenue Penguin Publishing Group, 2015.
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