While the catโs awayโฆ
Sarah Brandt and Frank Malloy are enjoying their honeymoon, and while theyโre
away, their family and friends solve a mystery in
MURDER ON ST. NICHOLAS
AVENUE. But letโs let one of them tell you all about it:
Hello! Iโm Maeve, Mrs. Brandtโs nanny, and the reason youโre hearing from me is
that Mrs. Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy have gotten married and are
in Europe on their honeymoon. They left me in charge of the house and the
children while theyโre gone, so naturally when a lady came to our door just
before Christmas looking for help, I couldnโt refuse.
A young bride had been accused of murdering her husband, but her mother was sure
she was innocent. I knew I couldnโt do this alone, so I asked Gino Donatelli for
advice. Gino is back with the New York City Police Department now that heโs home
from the war in Cuba, and heโs kind of sweet on me, so he was glad to help.
Then Mrs. Brandtโs mother got involved, although Iโm still not sure how. Mrs.
Decker somehow always manages to get her way, though. Then the next thing I
know, Mr. Decker was involved, too. We started out just asking him for some
advice, but he couldnโt let some young girl and an inexperienced policeman solve
a murder on their own. Even Mr. Malloyโs mother lent us a hand now and then.
It wasnโt easy, and a few times it was downright scary, but we managed to figure
out who the real killer was. When we were done, everything had changed, too.
When Mr. and Mrs. Malloy (Mrs. Brandt is Mrs. Malloy now) got home from Europe,
they were really surprised andโฆ
Well, I donโt want to give anything away. Youโll have to read MURDER ON ST. NICHOLAS
AVENUE to find out.
Gaslight Mystery
The author of Murder on Amsterdam Avenue 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 newlywed with
blood on her handsโฆ
Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy and Sarah Brandt are not the only ones who
have recently tied the knot. Family friend Mrs. OโNeill was delighted when her
daughter Una wed the seemingly wealthy and charming Randolph Pollock. She didnโt
wonder why such an affluent man would want to marry a poor Irish girl, no matter
how pretty she was. But now Mrs. OโNeill has a problem.
Pollockโs servants have found their employer bludgeoned to death with Una
cradling his body. Rendered mute by the horror of her husbandโs death, Una
cannot explain what happened, so the police have charged her with murder and
locked her away in the Tombs to await trial.
Mrs. OโNeill would like Frank to investigate the case and save Una, yet with
Frank and Sarah still on their honeymoon, itโs up to the other members of their
newly formed household to do some detective work. But solving the mystery behind
Pollockโs death means first discovering the truth about who he really isโฆ
Mystery Historical
[Berkley Prime Crime, On Sale: November 1, 2016,
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint), ISBN: 9780425278987 / eISBN:
9780698184879]
Victoria Thompson writes the Agatha and Edgarยฎ Nominated Gaslight Mystery
Series, set in turn-of-the-century New York City featuring midwife Sarah Brandt.
She also contributed to the award winning MANY GENRES/ONE CRAFT. Victoria
teaches in the Seton Hill University MFA program in writing popular fiction. She
lives in Indiana with her husband and a very spoiled little dog. She is a member
of Sisters in Crime and Novelists, Inc.
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