Changing New York and recurring female investigators are the strongest through-lines in Victoria Thompson’s historical mysteries. Murder on Astor Place begins the Gaslight Mystery series with midwife Sarah Brandt and police detective Frank Malloy, whose cases move through tenements, wealthy households and changing city institutions. The Counterfeit Lady series introduces Elizabeth Miles, a con artist whose skills at deception become useful in solving crimes around the First World War era. Thompson’s books are accessible and strongly serial, with romance and family relationships developing alongside self-contained investigations. The catalogue is best browsed alongside historical crime, Gilded Age New York, cosy mystery and female-led detective series for readers of Anne Perry and Rhys Bowen. Read more Less
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