Gaslight Mystery Murder in Chinatown, Book 9, (Paperback)

from Anntstobbs

Sarah is caught up in a mystery in Chinatown. A young half-Chinese girl has disappeared. Sarah helps to locate her only to find out she has been murdered. The prejudice against Chinese immigrants plays a part in the way the murder is investigated. Of course she and Frank Malloy are again working ...

from Olivermagnus

Midwife Sarah Brandt is called to Chinatown to deliver the baby of an Irish mother and Chinese father. This was a common occurrence in turn of the century New York, where the immigration laws prohibited any Chinese women from coming to America. Chinese men would marry Irish women, who wanted to l...

from delphimo

I seem to be alternating between the West coast of Shirley Tallman and the East coast of Victoria Thompson. Both writers portray the United States during the 1890's. I am amazed to learn tidbits of information from both women. In this novel, Thompson brings up the immigration quota for the Chines...

from thornton37814

Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy once again team up to solve a crime in Victorian era New York City. This time a young girl of Chinese and Irish parentage has been murdered. While I had determined who the murderer was about half-way through the book, there were enough red herrings...

from NewsieQ

After our heroine, nurse/midwife Sarah Brandt, delivers a baby in Chinatown, to a mother who is of Irish heritage and married to a Chinese man, she learns that the new mother's 15-year-old niece has gone missing. Knowing that most police officers in New York City will not bother to look for the y...