the setup… Phillip Brown is a floor manager at the Wiest Oyster Cannery in 1867 Baltimore. He and his sister live nearby with the uncle that raised them following the death of their parents. It’s frigidly cold outside on a November morning when he discovers a woman lying unconscious and nearly frozen on the front… Continue reading Kidnapped by Holly Bush @hollybushbooks.bsky.social #TheBrownsOfButchersHill #Kidnapped
the setup… It’s the summer of 1816 and the end of the Napoleonic Wars. It’s also what’s called the Year Without Summer, pummeling countries around the world with incessant rain, ruining crops. There’s unrest in England with soldiers returning home with no work prospects or pensions and rampant poverty and hunger. A young boy comes… Continue reading Who Will Remember by C. S. Harris @authorc.s.harris @berkleypub @berkleypub.bsky.social @netgalley #SebastianStCyr #WhoWillRemember
the setup… Sarah Malloy was at her women’s clinic when she receives a visit from a young woman who claims to be writing an article for New Century Magazine. Louisa Rodgers is focused on patent medicines, these “cure-all” remedies that actually contained addictive drugs and alcohol. Not a fan, Sarah allows her to talk to… Continue reading Murder in Rose Hill by Victoria Thompson @gaslightvt @BerkleyPub #GaslightMystery
the setup… It’s the summer of 1815 and London is preparing to celebrate Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo. But when Lady McInnis and her sixteen-year old daughter are found murdered in Richmond Park, London is in full upset. Even more bizarre is the position in which they were found…their bodies posed in the same way as… Continue reading What Cannot Be Said by C. S. Harris @csharris2 @BerkleyPub
the setup… Irish surgeon Paul Gibson’s latest autopsy victim presents a challenge. The man was pulled from the Thames but his face was obliterated by the killer, his body emasculated and he was wearing only a shirt and one sock. Identification is probably hopeless…until Paul’s lover Alexi Sauvage recognizes him from his scars, one’s she… Continue reading Who Cries for the Lost by C. S. Harris @csharris2 @recordedbooks
the setup… Private investigator Frank Malloy has a new client, one he doesn’t particularly like but the case is intriguing. Hugh Breedlove has just returned with his family from England with the intention of introducing his daughter to society. However, he’s learned that his niece has been unfairly committed to an insane asylum by her… Continue reading Blog Tour: Murder on Bedford Street by Victoria Thompson @gaslightvt @Berkley
the setup… Muireall Thompson is the eldest of her four siblings, all orphaned sixteen years ago when their parents died during their voyage from Scotland to Philadelphia. She became their caretaker at a very tender age, managing the family business, seeing to their needs and keeping them together. Now that all but the youngest have… Continue reading The Captain’s Woman by Holly Bush @hollybushbooks
Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, has brought his family to Paris to finally locate his mother Sophie. He’s confirmed that she has taken the name Sophia Cappella and lives in the city. It’s March 1815, a turbulent time in France where Napoleon is in exile and the Bourbon King Louis VIII has been restored to… Continue reading When Blood Lies by C. S. Harris @csharris2 @BerkleyPub
Mrs. Edith Bing visits Frank Malloy, now a private investigator, seeking his help to divorce her husband. That would require him to prove her husband had committed adultery and it’s just not what he does. She never discloses why she wants the divorce and leaves without explanation. Her husband, Alvin Bing, is an investor in… Continue reading Murder on Madison Square by Victoria Thompson @gaslightvt @BerkleyPub
Eight months ago, former gangster Jack Robinson married Jocelyn Vane as part of his efforts to gain respectability in society as he transitions his businesses to legal activities. She was pregnant as the result of a rape at the time, banished by her family to Sarah Malloy’s clinic. The marriage also rescued her from scandal.… Continue reading Murder on Wall Street by Victoria Thompson
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