In Murder on Washington Square, midwife Sarah Brandt and detective sergeant Frank Malloy are thrust into a twisted case of murder when a seductress falls victim to her own charades.
New York (State)--New York
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Author:Thompson, VictoriaSummary: -
Author:Thompson, VictoriaSummary:Sarah Brandt, a midwife in turn-of-the-century New York City, has seen more than her share of joy and sorrow, birth and death. Now she will see for the first time how the squalor of the streets can breed madness and murder.
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Author:Lewis, Mitchell ScottSummary:Astrological detective David Lowell must use his charts and knowledge to solve the murder of a federal judge in a New York City parking garage. Joined by his daughter, Melinda, a young defense attorney; his hacker sidekick Mort;...
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Author:Chin, Ava.Summary:"Essential reading for understanding not just Chinese American history but American history-and the American present." -Celeste Ng, #1 bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere * TIME 100 Must-Read Books of 2023 * San...
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In 1955, a young boy brings a small infant to the door of an unsuspecting family. Forty years later, L.J. Tillman, a professional jazz musician, makes his way to New York City after a startling revelation wrecks his life in Kansas....
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Author:Block, Francesca Lia.Summary:Witch Baby follows Angel Juan to New York City and meets the ghost of her almost grandfather Charlie Bat.
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Author:Giangrande, CaroleSummary:Midsummer is a novella about a family whose fate in part revolves around the grandfather’s spiritual experience when he uncovers the remains of a seventeenth-century Dutch ship while digging a subway tunnel under the area where...
- Author:Moser, NancySummary:
Although she's never met her fiancé, she's headed for New York to marry one of America's wealthiest heirs. Filled with doubts and hoping for a chance at "real life," she swaps identities with her maid Dora. For Dora, it's the chance of...
- Author:Cook, RobinSummary:
New York City medical examiners Dr. Laurie Montgomery and Dr. Jack Stapleton confront a ballooning series of puzzling hospital deaths of young, healthy people after successful routine surgery. It seems impossible to determine why and...
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Author:Kincaid, JamaicaSummary:Lucy, a teenager from the West Indies, comes to North America to work as an au pair for Lewis, Mariah, and their children. Yet, almost at once, Lucy begins to notice cracks in their beautiful façade. At the same time Lucy is also...
- Author:Said, NajlaSummary:
A frank and entertaining memoir, from the daughter of Edward Said, about growing up second-generation Arab American and struggling with that identity. The daughter of a prominent Palestinian father and a sophisticated Lebanese mother,...
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Author:Murphy, MichaelSummary:Kyle Miller is a rare breed. Though born to conservative parents and raised in small-town Oklahoma, Kyle realized young that he had to escape rural America. Now he’s living in New York City, working as an ER doctor and paying off his...
- Author:Shange, NtozakeSummary:
Through the polyphonic voices of Liliane Lincoln's childhood friends, lovers, and conversations with her psychoanalyst, Ntozake Shange weaves the life of a remarkable young woman. Liliane Lincoln is an artist who exposes what she knows...
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Author:Scheier, JacobSummary:In Letter from Brooklyn, Jacob Scheier examines love, loss, history, identity, protest, and popular culture. At the heart of his new poems is the notion that we understand who we are by where we have been. Here, a confessional...
- Author:Macomber, DebbieSummary:
Times Square, veille du jour de l’An, Lucie et Aren se rencontrent par hasard. Le coup de foudre est immédiat, mais très vite, le sort les sépare, les laissant sans aucun moyen de reprendre contact. Un an plus tard, Lucie est chef d’un...
- Author:Caputo, TheresaSummary:
Il n’y a pas qu’une vie dans la vie offre un aperçu sur la façon dont fonctionne la médiumnité de Theresa, ce qui arrivera à votre âme quand vous mourrez, ce que disent les esprits au sujet de l’Audelà, ce que les défunts veulent que...
- Author:Bohjalian, ChrisSummary:
«Peu d’écrivains savent mener une intrigue avec autant de force et d’élégance.» The New York Times Book Review Alep (Syrie), 1915. La Première Guerre mondiale fait rage. Elizabeth Endicott, une jeune Américaine, se rend en Syrie avec...
- Author:Trigiani, AdrianaSummary:
En 1905, dans les Alpes italiennes, Enza et Ciro, deux enfants de la montagne, se rencontrent pour la première fois et sentent que leurs avenirs sont irrémédiablement liés. Ciro, pour avoir été témoin du comportement scandaleux du...
- Author:Collins, JackieSummary:
Secrets de famille, sexe, pouvoir, fortunes colossales et deux meurtres : une semaine mouvementée à New York! Un vieillard richissime et exécrable continue, à presque quatre-vingts ans, de manipuler et tyranniser sa famille. Marqués par...
- Author:Bourdain, AnthonySummary:
When Chef Anthony Bourdain wrote "Don't Eat Before You Read This" in The New Yorker, he spared no one's appetite, revealing what goes on behind the kitchen door. In Kitchen Confidential, he expanded the appetizer...
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