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Thompson writes of New York in the 1890's with a midwife, Sarah Brandt, as the main character of this mystery series, Gaslight Mystery. The writing style, the window into a time gone by, and the characters that inhabit this story kept drawing me into the tale until the final page, I can’t wait to read more. She than asks himto help her find out who killed Gerda. They were usually only left with a dollar a week to pay for their lunch, the trolley to work, and the clothes they wore.Sarah tells Detective Inspector Frank Malloy that three other girls had been murdered in the same way and area. The majority of the money they earned ($6 a week) went to the family where they lived. They would take presents for their favors, but not money because they weren’t prostitutes!. Grieving is not allowed because Gerda, a new immigrant from Germany, was embarrassing the family being a “Charity Girl”.Charity Girls refers to the young women who worked in sweat shops but went out dancing night after night, looking for fun freedom, and pretty things. Sarah Brandt is mid-wife to Anna Otto who just learned her sister Gerda was murdered.
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