The national bestselling author of Gaslight Mysteries returns with a case of murder in the field of higher learning in Victorian-era Manhattan…

As Frank and Sarah Malloy adjust to married life—and life in New York high society—they investigate the death of Abigail Northrup. Her parents’ pride and joy, she recently graduated from a prestigious women’s college in Morningside Heights and joined their staff as an instructor. She considered herself a New Woman, determined to live a life without a husband in which she could make her own decisions and make a difference in the world. But while Northrup was an exemplary student and teacher, she lived in a world of secrets and lies…

Now in paperback—midwife Sarah Brandt and a former police detective Frank Malloy return in the national bestselling series…

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

They soon learn that not everyone wants to know more about Charles’s death. As Sarah and Frank 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….