Kim (Mistry) - reviewed on 10/22/2007 + 105 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 8

This was a wonderful book! I haven't read much historical fiction, but Thompson portrays a late 19th century New York in all of its gritty and aristocratic splendor. Sarah Brandt, an independent woman who makes her living as a midwife, finds herself helping a tough New York detective solve a murder involving a young heiress.

The story moves along as a good pace, and the descriptions of the city, both good and bad, and the social classes, the who, what and why of the aristocracy is splendid, and I learned a lot about the customs of the time.

A wonderful mystery and interesting characters have made me want to read more of Victoria Thompson.

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