A 2012 Agatha Award Nominee for Best Historical Novel
Victoria Thompson is the Edgar Award-nominated author of the Gaslight Mysteries and numerous historical romance novels. Set in 19th-century New York, Murder on Fifth Avenue follows midwife Sarah
Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy as they investigate the murder of a Knickerbocker club member. "Thompson vividly re-creates the gaslit world of old New York."-Publishers Weekly
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“Newcomers as well as old fans will find this an intelligent and engrossing look at society and its hypocrisy.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Thompson once more weaves the class differences and casual bigotry of the period into a mystery with some neat twists.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Victoria Thompson has a knack for putting the reader inside her characters’ heads and…[brings] the setting vividly to life.”
—Kate Kingsbury, author of Mistletoe and Mayhem
Victoria Thompson (1948–2024) wrote many historical mystery and historical romance novels in six series, as well as five stand-alone novels. A dozen of her novels were named
finalists for the Edgar Award, Agatha Awards, Sue Grafton Memorial Award, and the Bruce Alexander Historical Award. In 2012, she received a Career Achievement Award from Romantic
Times magazine.
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