num_pages: 304
description: When midwife Sarah Brandt visits Little Italy to check up on a new mother who delivered her baby just the day before, she finds the young woman dead. The family insists that the death was from complications of childbirth. Sarah thinks not. Neither does the woman's own mother, an Irishwoman who spreads the story that the girl was murdered by her Italian in-laws, the Ruoccos-an accusation that inflames tensions between the two immigrant groups. A second death in the tenements nearly leads to riots in the streets as political factions and organized crime take sides and square off over wild rumors and newspaper accusations.Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy is going to need Sarah's help to unravel the secrets of these troubled families, bring a killer to justice-and restore order to the volatile community.
language: English
title: Murder in Little Italy
titlecomplete: Murder in Little Italy (Gaslight Mystery, #8)
characters: Sarah Brandt, Frank Malloy
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Crime, Mystery Thriller, Historical, Cozy Mystery, Historical Fiction, Adult, Historical Mystery, Audiobook
ratings_count: 5446
places: New York City, New York, Little Italy, Manhattan, New York
series: Gaslight Mystery
publisher: Berkley