Its no mystery why readers love Victoria Thompsons Edgar Award- nominated series With the help of a charitable lady of means midwife Sarah Brandt rescues a young woman and her newborn from the brothel where the mother was forced to prostitute herself But their success comes at a high price when their benefactor is found murdered Though the brothels madam is immediately considered a suspect Sarah and Sergeant Frank Malloy investigate uncovering some unpleasant truths about the victim and her charity-and the woman and child Sarah risked her own life to save
