As a midwife in the turn-of-the-century tenements of New York City,
Sarah Brandt has seen her share of suffering and joy, birth and death.
Now, she learns that crime doesn't discriminate, when the highest
echelons of society are rocked by murder...
A Gaslight Mystery
At a summons from Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy, Sarah arrives at the
elegant home of famed magnetic healer Edmund Blackwell to find his wife
in labor--and the good doctor dead from an apparent suicide. Only Malloy
sees what no one else wants to: that Blackwell was murdered in his own
home...
After a successful delivery, the Blackwell baby falls mysteriously ill.
Relying on her nurse's training and woman's intuition, Sarah discovers
the source of the baby's sickness--and discovers a scandal that leads
Malloy's investigation down a gilded path paved with greed, deception,
and desire...