As a midwife in the turn-of-the-century tenements of New York City, Sarah Brandt has seen her share of suffering and joy, birth and death. Now, she learns that crime doesnāt discriminate, when the highest echelons of society are rocked by murder⦠A Gaslight Mystery
At a summons from Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy, Sarah arrives at the elegant home of famed magnetic healer Edmund Blackwell to find his wife in laborāand the good doctor dead from an apparent suicide. Only Malloy sees what no one else wants to: that Blackwell was murdered in his own homeā¦
After a successful delivery, the Blackwell baby falls mysteriously ill. Relying on her nurseās training and womanās intuition, Sarah discovers the source of the babyās sicknessāand discovers a scandal that leads Malloyās investigation down a gilded path paved with greed, deception, and desireā¦
As a midwife in the turn-of-the-century tenements of New York City, Sarah Brandt has seen her share of suffering and joy, birth and death. Now, she learns that crime doesnāt discriminate, when the highest echelons of society are rocked by murder⦠A Gaslight Mystery
At a summons from Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy, Sarah arrives at the elegant home of famed magnetic healer Edmund Blackwell to find his wife in laborāand the good doctor dead from an apparent suicide. Only Malloy sees what no one else wants to: that Blackwell was murdered in his own homeā¦
After a successful delivery, the Blackwell baby falls mysteriously ill. Relying on her nurseās training and womanās intuition, Sarah discovers the source of the babyās sicknessāand discovers a scandal that leads Malloyās investigation down a gilded path paved with greed, deception, and desireā¦