By Victoria Thompson
As a midwife within the turn-of-the-century tenements of recent York urban, Sarah Brandt has obvious her proportion of discomfort and pleasure, beginning and loss of life. Now, she learns that crime doesn’t discriminate, whilst the top echelons of society are rocked via homicide… A Gaslight secret At a summons from Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy, Sarah arrives on the stylish domestic of famed magnetic healer Edmund Blackwell to discover his spouse in labor—and the nice surgeon useless from an obvious suicide. basically Malloy sees what not anyone else desires to: that Blackwell used to be murdered in his own residence… After a profitable supply, the Blackwell child falls mysteriously unwell. counting on her nurse’s education and woman’s instinct, Sarah discovers the resource of the baby’s sickness—and discovers a scandal that leads Malloy’s research down a gilded course paved with greed, deception, and hope…
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Yes, we met a few months ago,” she said, revealing nothing with her tone. “Is he ... Can he be trusted to be ... ” “Oh, yes,” Sarah said, quite honestly. “Detective Sergeant Malloy is very good at his job. He’ll keep the news of Dr. ” Potter nodded. ” Sarah started. ” she repeated incredulously. “I thought Dr. ” Potter pulled himself up to his full, if inconsequential, height. “Mr. Malloy believes he was murdered. ” A thousand things were racing through Sarah’s mind, but she took no time to consider any of them.
She’d already put herself in danger too many times from trying to assist Malloy in his business. A butler had materialized from somewhere. “Mrs. Blackwell is upstairs in her room,” he informed Sarah. ” Then the butler took her bag, and she glanced at Malloy, who nodded his approval. She gave him a look that warned him she’d want some more details later, then followed the butler upstairs. “Mrs. Blackwell came home earlier than usual,” the butler said gravely. “Ordinarily, I would have been here before her.
Now he’s just dead. ” Potter echoed incredulously. ” “I just didn’t ... ” Frank asked with interest. Potter seemed surprised. “Well, I ... ” Potter seemed taken aback by the change of subject. “I ... I assisted him in his cures. ” “Yes, Dr. Blackwell gives ... gave lectures to explain his method of healing. Many prominent citizens attend them. Many prominent citizens were his patients. ” “Did he have any patients that he couldn’t help? ” “No! Certainly not! I can’t believe you think anyone would take Edmund’s life!