Murder on Union Square - Victoria Thompson torrent

Category: Adults, Historical Fiction, Mystery
Language: EnglishKeywords: 1890’s New York City Blackmail Gaslight Mystery Murder Orphan
Written by Victoria Thompson
Read by Suzanne Toren
Format: M4A
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged
Series: Gaslight Mystery: Book 21
Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
Release date: May 1, 2018
Duration: 09:03:49
When a murder hits close to home, Frank finds himself in an unusual position—the prime suspect in the latest installment of the national bestselling Gaslight Mystery series…
Frank and Sarah Malloy are enjoying married life and looking to make their family official by adopting Catherine, the child Sarah rescued and has been raising as her daughter. The newlyweds soon discover, Parnell Vaughn, an actor and Catherine’s legal father, is looking to fatten his pockets by insisting on a financial settlement to relinquish his parental rights.
Even though exchanging money for a child is illegal, Frank and Sarah’s love for Catherine drives them to take a chance. When Frank returns with the money and finds Vaughn beaten to death, all evidence points to Frank as the culprit. A relatively unsuccessful actor with no money and little promise, Vaughn seems at first to be an unlikely candidates for murder—particularly such a violent crime of passion—but Frank soon uncovers backstage intrigue as dramatic as any that appears on stage. Sarah and Frank must use all of their resources to investigate Vaughn’s death, as Frank’s own life hangs in the balance.
“…Meanwhile, Sarah is busy with the opening of a maternity clinic on the Lower East Side that will provide free services for women in need. Thompson’s command of period detail and her insight into such issues as the era’s blatant sexism put her in the forefront of historical mystery writers.”—Publishers Weekly
Series: Gaslight Mystery: Book 21
Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
Release date: May 1, 2018
Duration: 09:03:49

When a murder hits close to home, Frank finds himself in an unusual position—the prime suspect in the latest installment of the national bestselling Gaslight Mystery series…

Frank and Sarah Malloy are enjoying married life and looking to make their family official by adopting Catherine, the child Sarah rescued and has been raising as her daughter. The newlyweds soon discover, Parnell Vaughn, an actor and Catherine’s legal father, is looking to fatten his pockets by insisting on a financial settlement to relinquish his parental rights.

Even though exchanging money for a child is illegal, Frank and Sarah’s love for Catherine drives them to take a chance. When Frank returns with the money and finds Vaughn beaten to death, all evidence points to Frank as the culprit. A relatively unsuccessful actor with no money and little promise, Vaughn seems at first to be an unlikely candidates for murder—particularly such a violent crime of passion—but Frank soon uncovers backstage intrigue as dramatic as any that appears on stage. Sarah and Frank must use all of their resources to investigate Vaughn’s death, as Frank’s own life hangs in the balance.

“…Meanwhile, Sarah is busy with the opening of a maternity clinic on the Lower East Side that will provide free services for women in need. Thompson’s command of period detail and her insight into such issues as the era’s blatant sexism put her in the forefront of historical mystery writers.”—Publishers Weekly