3/22/10

MURDER ON ST. MARK'S PLACE by Victoria Thompson


Read: Mar 4 - Mar 20
Format: Paperback, 277 pages
Source: Barnes & Noble
Subject: murder, Midwifery, Coney Island
Setting: New York City, New York
Category: Cuddle up with a good cozy mystery
Genre: Cozy mystery
Challenges: 101020, 75 Book, BOSC, TIOLI
Stars: 3


Midwife Sarah Brandt, delivers Agnes Otto's baby on the same night as the news arrives that Agnes' sister Gerda has been murdered. Trying to calm her patient, she agrees to try to find the murderer. The mystery evolves showing the background of Sarah's former life as well as that of Officer Malloy. The historical references of the time as well as the founding of Coney Island was very entertaining.

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