Murder on Astor Place

Murder on Astor Place
ISBN-10
0425168964
ISBN-13
9780425168967
Category
Fiction
Pages
278
Language
English
Published
1999
Publisher
Penguin
Author
Victoria Thompson

Description

Following a routine delivery in a rooming house, turn-of-the-century midwife Sarah Brandt discovers that another boarder, a young girl, has been murdered and, despite the hindrance of the girl's powerful family, joins forces with Sergeant Frank Malloy to find the killer before he can strike again. Original.

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