Another fun, but disturbing subject which ended for all involved. Goodreads: When facing injustice, the residents of nineteenth-century New York City?s tenements turn to midwife Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy to protect their rights. Now, as the Edgar? and Agatha Award?nominated series continues, the two must track down a cruel criminal preying on the hopes and dreams of innocent women�A Gaslight MysteryFrank Malloy has never known any life other than that of a cop, but his newfound inheritance threatens his position within his department. While trying to keep both his relationship with Sarah and his fortune under wraps, he?s assigned to a new case¥finding a missing young woman for her worried father, Henry Livingston.It seems the girl had been responding to ?lonely hearts? ads in the paper for months before she disappeared. Her father thinks that she?s eloped with a deceptive stranger, but Malloy fears the worst, knowing that the grifters who place such ads often do much more than simply abscond with their victims. But as Sarah and Malloy delve deeper into a twisted plot targeting the city?s single women, it?s their partnership¥both professional and private¥that winds up in the greatest peril

Murder on Murray Hill
4 Stars

As news of his sudden inheritance threatens his position in the police department, Detective Frank Malloy investigates the disappearance of a young woman who answered a lonely hearts advertisement and uncovers one of the most heinous crimes imaginable.

Readers expecting a more cozy style mystery may be disappointed a the nature of the crimes is anything but cozy and involves some difficult descriptions of sexual abuse and torture. In this regard, the author's note is 100% right - nothing has changed when it comes to man's capacity for evil and depravity.

There are also some excellent developments in Frank and Sarah's ongoing relationship as they discuss the new direction their lives will take now that they are engaged.

Overall, this is definitely one of the best installments in the series so far.



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Someone is preying on "lonely" women in this Victorian New York mystery. Frank is assigned
the case of the disappearance of a young woman from her home at the request of her father. At the same time Frank is trying to keep his new financial status and his relationship with Sarah Brandt under wraps. ( )

In the sixteenth book of the Gaslight Mystery series, a young woman is missing and her father comes to Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy for help. It's Malloy's last day working as a police detective in 19th century New York City. When he discovers she's disappeared after responding to a personal ad in the newspaper he decides to take a look for her. Soon he finds out that many other women who answered the ads are missing. With fiancee Sarah Brandt’s help, they search for the women while trying to plan their future.

This has become one of my favorite historical mystery series. I love the atmosphere of turn of the century New York and the fictional incorporation of some of the most famous real life people. The author has done a great job of developing her characters over the course of the series. This book can be read as a standalone but I feel like this is a series best read in order. I would recommend reading the first book, Murder on Astor Place, to get a feel for where the characters started. ( )

A lot of interesting things happened in this installment. I can't wait to see where Frank and Sarah go next... ( )