Thompson, Victoria. Murder on Washington Square.(A Gaslight Mystery) Berkley, Prime Crime. 326p. c2002. 0-425-18430-7. $6.99. SA Thompson's fourth Gaslight Mystery presents convincing characters of varied classes of a century ago, when crime flourished throughout New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Detective sergeant Frank Malloy, a widower widower n. a man whose wife died while he was married to her and has not remarried. WIDOWER. A man whose wife is dead. A widower has a right to administer to his wife's separate estate, and as her administrator to collect debts due to her, generally for and Irish, finds himself forced to let midwife Sarah Brandt, a widow and Knickerbocker, assist in his investigations. A young woman who was blackmailing vulnerable men is stabbed and dies near the square's hanging tree. The owner and residents of her boarding house soon come under suspicion, and someone tries to kill an inquiring news reporter. Frank and Sarah and some nosy nos·y or nos·ey adj. nos·i·er, nos·i·est Informal 1. Given to prying into the affairs of others; snoopy. See Synonyms at curious. 2. Prying; inquisitive. neighbors follow the many twists of the plot with dogged and sometimes close to foolhardy fool·har·dy adj. fool·har·di·er, fool·har·di·est Unwisely bold or venturesome; rash. See Synonyms at reckless. [Middle English folhardi, from Old French fol hardi : determination. There are several clever but fleeting scenes of the policeman and the midwife realizing their relationship could be more, and this reviewer suspects the author will continue this state of suspended animation sus·pend·ed animation n. A temporary interruption of the vital functions resembling death. between two such appealing opposites into the next book in the series. Older YAs and adults will be challenged to solve the mystery and find, as the author declares in her concluding note, that putting the victim on trial is a tactic that continues today. Maureen K. Griffin, Researcher. Everett, MA |
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