From the tenements to the town houses of nineteenth-century New York midwife Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy never waiver in their mission to aid the innocent and apprehend the guilty Now the latest novel in the Edgarreg-nominated series finds Sarah and Malloy investigating the murder of a Knickerbocker club member who was made to pay his dueshellip Sarah Brandtrsquos family is one of the oldest in New York City and her father Felix Decker takes his position in society very seriously He still refuses to resign himself to his daughter being involved with an Irish Catholic police detective But when a member of his private clubmdashthe very exclusive Knickerbockermdashis murdered Decker forms an uneasy alliance with Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy to solve the crime as discreetly as possible Malloy soon discovers that despite his social standing the deceasedmdashChilton Devriesmdashwas no gentleman In fact hersquos left behind his own unofficial club of sorts populated by everyone who despised him As he and Sarah sort through the suspects it becomes clear to her that her father is evaluating more than the detectiversquos investigative abilities and that on a personal level there is much more at stake for Malloy than discovering who revoked Devriesrsquo membershipmdashpermanently.
