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| Murder In Chinatown (Gaslight Mystery) | 
 enlarge | Author: Victoria Thompson
Publisher: Berkley
Category: Book
List Price: $7.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 131670
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.2 x 1
ISBN: 0425222055
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780425222058
ASIN: 0425222055
Publication Date: June 3, 2008
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Product Description
In Chinatown to deliver a baby, midwife Sarah Brandt learns that the mothers mixed-race niece is missing, and she enlists Sergeant Malloys help. But after they find the girl dead in an alley, there are ample suspectsfrom both sides of Canal Street.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 murder in chinatown November 10, 2008
I thoroughly enjoy Victoria Thompson's plot lines and characters. She weaves a rich and compelling story in each of her novels.
 Another Good One! August 11, 2008
I love Victoria Thompson's books. She manages to send a message about the period she writes about without (usually) becoming preachy, a fault with some of the "big names" in period fiction. This book tackles racism, immigration issues and the phenomena of the victim becoming the abuser (in persecuted minorities). The period and location she writes about are near where and when my grandparents were born, so the stories have a special meaning to me, but they are good reads.
Loved the book July 28, 2008
Victoria Thompson has a wonderful writing style, her books always have me on the edge of my seat, and I never figure out who the murderer is until the end. One of my favorite authors, and as always Murder in Chinatown lives up to all of the other gaslight mysteries.
Another great historical mystery February 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is another good enty in the Victoria Thompson Gaslight Mystery Series. In this book we get to see a little bit about what life was like in turn-of-the-century New York City for its many Chinese immigrants. I enjoy Ms. Thompson's characters. Sarah Brandt gets better with each outing and the romantic link between her and Frank Malloy gets stronger. Sarah is called upon to help find a young Chinese girl when she is in Chinatown delivering a baby, but before the police can help to bring her home, she is found dead in an alley. Sarah enlists the aid of Detective Frank Malloy to help the family track down a killer. Although I figured out the killer before the end of the book, I still enjoyed this story. This is a very enjoyable historical read.
Murder in New York February 9, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Midwife Sarah Brandt is thrust into yet another mystery while delivering a baby. The daughter of a Chinese businessman and his Irish wife goes missing. Sarah asks Detective Sergeant Mulloy for insight into how to find the girl. What she finds is murder and it takes both Sarah and Mulloy to solve the mystery. The fascinating backdrop of New York's Chinatown as the twentieth century looms, is the main character of the book. Thompson steeps her series in history but you never know there is a history and sociological lesson within the pages. The only reason five stars wasn't given, is that the murderer is apparent with still 100 pages to go.
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