num_pages: 278
description: After a routine delivery, midwife Sarah Brandt visits her patient in a rooming house and discovers that another boarder, a young girl, has been killed. At the request of Sergeant Frank Malloy, she searches the girl's room, and discovers that the victim is from one of the most prominent families in New York and the sister of an old friend. The powerful family, fearful of scandal, refuses to permit an investigation. But with Malloy's help, Sarah begins a dangerous quest to bring the killer to justice, before death claims another victim.
language: English
title: Murder on Astor Place
titlecomplete: Murder on Astor Place (Gaslight Mystery, #1)
characters: Sarah Brandt, Frank Malloy
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Crime, Historical, Cozy Mystery, New York, Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery, Audiobook
ratings_count: 13523
places: New York City, New York, East Village, New York City, New York, Manhattan, New York City, New York
series: Gaslight Mystery
publisher: Berkley Prime Crime