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Sarah Brandt agrees to help her friend Richard Dennis understand more about his deceased wife’s passion at the time of her death. She spent most of her time volunteering at the Prodigal Son Mission on Mulberry Street and Richard wants to know what she did there. Sarah is so impressed with their work that she decides to become a volunteer but not before one of the young residents is found murdered in the park. That intersection connects her with Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy yet again to help f
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A visit to the Prodigal Son Mission on Mulberry Bend gives Sarah Brandt something to think about. The mission takes in girls who are living on the streets and gives them another chance. Sarah donates some of her clothes and volunteers to help at the mission in her spare time. Detective Frank Malloy is called to City Park when a body is found. One of the girls from the mission has been murdered. With few clues, Frank knows that bringing the murderer to justice will be nearly impossible. But Sarah
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Murder on Mulberry Bend
4 Stars
While the mystery is pretty predictable and it is easy to guess the culprit early on, the insights into the lives of immigrants in the notorious slums of New York city at the turn of the century are very compelling. Moreover, the ongoing relationship between Sarah and Malloy makes this an engaging addition to the series.
Sarah's desire to help the young girls at the mission is admirable, but her naiveté often has her misreading people and their motives. This leads h ...more
4 Stars
While the mystery is pretty predictable and it is easy to guess the culprit early on, the insights into the lives of immigrants in the notorious slums of New York city at the turn of the century are very compelling. Moreover, the ongoing relationship between Sarah and Malloy makes this an engaging addition to the series.
Sarah's desire to help the young girls at the mission is admirable, but her naiveté often has her misreading people and their motives. This leads h ...more
Another really good read in this mystery series set in New York City at the turn-of-the-twentieth
century.
For once, the murderer became quite clear to me, which put Sarah in another almost TSTL moment, when she acted several steps before she thought things out -- things which were obvious and overtly knowable.
I did enjoy the growing relationship(s), and the situation of immigrant communities and their prejudices, and overwhelming prejudices against them was appalling.
If Frank has indeed learned t ...more
century.
For once, the murderer became quite clear to me, which put Sarah in another almost TSTL moment, when she acted several steps before she thought things out -- things which were obvious and overtly knowable.
I did enjoy the growing relationship(s), and the situation of immigrant communities and their prejudices, and overwhelming prejudices against them was appalling.
If Frank has indeed learned t ...more
Book #5 in the Gaslight Mystery series offers up another murder, one that delivers what I'm hoping will be a wake up call for Frank. I love a slow burn romance but combine that with all the rules of propriety for polite society in the late 1800s and Frank and Sarah may just kill me yet, lol. This may be a series about murder mysteries, but for me the main draw has become the lives of these two supposedly very different people.
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Jan 04, 2020
Sharon Kallenberger Marzola
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I'm addicted to this series. Murder on Mulberry Bend has a good mystery even though I guessed the murderer around the fifty percent marker. The relationship development between Frank and Sarah is my favorite part of this book. Frank knows he is falling in love with Sarah, but he is holding back because of their class differences.
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Jun 01, 2015
Veronica
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Apr 04, 2018
Meera
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The more I read into the series, the better I like it. Unfortunately, the mystery part is usually predictable but I love the build up of the relationship between the main characters.
These books are getting better The further in the series I get.
Aug 01, 2014
Kris (My Novelesque Life)
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Feb 26, 2016
Renee
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Jul 24, 2017
Anne Hawn Smith
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Mar 09, 2018
Laura
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Feb 28, 2021
Brenda H
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