Murder in Chinatown

Name: Murder in Chinatown
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Victoria Thompson
ISBN: 9781436117050

Author: Victoria Thompson

Series: Gaslight Mysteries #9

Narrator: Suzanne Toren

Unabridged: 9 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/14/2008

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Women Sleuths

Synopsis

Edgar Award finalist Victoria Thompson colorfully portrays the prejudices and hardships of turn-of-the-century New York City. Called to Chinatown to deliver a baby, midwife Sarah Brandt soon helps search for a missing girl. But nobody seems to know where she is. Has she been sold to a brothel, or has she run off with a secret love? ". vividly recreates the gaslit world of Old New York."-Publishers Weekly

About Victoria Thompson

Edgar Award-nominated author Victoria Thompson writes the Gaslight Mystery series, set in turn-of-the-century New York City and featuring midwife Sarah Brandt. She also contributed to the award-winning writing textbook Many Genres, One Craft. A popular speaker, Victoria teaches in the Seton Hill University master's program in writing popular fiction. She lives in central Pennsylvania with her husband and a very spoiled little dog.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jonetta on September 18, 2018

Midwife Sarah Brandt goes to Chinatown for a delivery and eventually gets caught up in some family drama regarding a missing teen, Angel Lee. Determined to not get involved in another potentially dangerous situation, she seeks advice from Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy who does provide some useful......more

Goodreads review by Mei on January 07, 2021

A mix-race marriage... I don't know if the description of Chinese people in NY is accurate... here they seem like a perfect husbands, but I'm not convinced about that... Still a very good mystery and I'm still loving it!......more