Murder on St. Mark's Place (Gaslight Mystery) by Victoria Thompson
By Victoria Thompson
In turn-of-the century manhattan urban, midwife Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy see start and death--and even murder....Phenomenal compliment for homicide on Astor Place:"Victoria Thompson shines....Anne Perry and Caleb Carr lovers rejoice!" --Tamar Myers, writer of The Hand that Rocks the Ladle"Tantalizing." --Catherine Coulter"Fascinating."--Publishers Weekly
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Sarah glanced at the door into Agnes’s bedroom, which she’d left open because of the heat. Fortunately, Agnes still seemed to be sleeping soundly, oblivious to the judgments of her neighbor. Still, she pushed the door closed, not wanting to cause Agnes any more pain than she’d already suffered. “Young women have to work nowadays,” Sarah reminded her. ” “Ach, she didn’t have to run wild, though, did she? Going out every night, wearing those fancy clothes that she couldn’t afford on her wages, not after she gave most of them to Mr.
I’ve got to go,” he said, rising from his chair. “Of course you do,” she agreed, standing also. ” He waved toward his plate, and Sarah nodded in acknowledgment. He looked ready to bolt, but before he did, she had one last request. He didn’t realize it yet, but she had done him a good turn with Brian, and he would soon feel the need to repay her. “Malloy, if it wouldn’t be too much trouble, could you at least find out if there are any suspects in Gerda Reinhard’s death? ” He was still shaking his head in wonder as he disappeared through her garden gate.
She took another sip of the water. “They could not tell ... from her face ... ” Sarah couldn’t stop herself from grasping at this last fragment of hope. “Then maybe it wasn’t Gerda at all! How can you be sure if—” “Her shoes,” Agnes said, her voice barely a rasp. ” “Her shoes. She had new shoes. They were... ” She said the word as if it were vile. “Red shoes, she repeated, silently asking if Sarah had ever heard of such a thing. She had not. “How ... ” “She said she bought them herself. She said she saved the money by walking to work instead of taking the trolley.