Murder on St. Mark's Place by Victoria Thompson

To do so, she turns to Sergeant Frank Malloy.

And now she was dead, victim, no doubt, of one of her 'gentlemen friends' No one cares much about the fate of girls like Gerda but Sarah does. It seems that Agnes' s beautiful younger sister, Gerda, had fallen into the life of a 'Charity Girl' Caught up in the false glamour of the city' s nightlife, she would trade her company - and her favors - not for money, but for lavish gifts and an evening' s entertainment. Thinking she has been summoned by German immigrant Agnes Otto to usher a new life into the world, Sarah Brandt is greeted by the news of an untimely death instead. And the crime-ridden streets of the teeming city offer little relief from either. As a midwife in the turn-of-the-century tenements of New York City, Sarah Brandt has seen suffering and joy, birth and death - and even murder. In turn-of-the century New York City, midwife Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy see birth and death-and even murder. About the Author:īook Description Mass Market Paperback. As the two pursue an investigation that leads from the bright lights of Coney Island to the stately homes of Fifth Avenue, they find that their shared passion for justice may cost them dearly.

No one cares much about the fate of girls like Gerda but Sarah does. And now she was dead, victim, no doubt, of one of her 'gentlemen friends'. Caught up in the false glamour of the city's nightlife, she would trade her company - and her favors - not for money, but for lavish gifts and an evening's entertainment. It seems that Agnes's beautiful younger sister, Gerda, had fallen into the life of a 'Charity Girl'.

Murder on St. Mark's Place by Victoria Thompson