![]() As usual in this series, solid research in 1890s ethnic and family life creates a satisfying context for the mystery plot. After a slow start, the police work eventually pays off. Editions for Murder in Chinatown: 0425215318 (Hardcover published in 2007), (Kindle Edition published in 2007), 0425222055 (Mass Market Paperback publish. The author gives sanitized glimpses of brutal police methods used at the time, as the relatively ethical detective resists taking bribes and tries to deal evenhandedly with families of all classes and ethnicities. Victoria Thompson is the Edgar(r) Award-nominated author of the Gaslight mystery series and 20 additional historical novels. NYPD Detective Malloy and his friend, midwife Sarah Brandt, struggle to help both families and solve the murder. in the hope that Chinese workers would not settle down as Americans but return to China. ![]() Could the murderer be a blood relative? Set in late 1890s New York City, the tangled family relationships in this case shed light on cruel anti-Chinese immigration laws that allowed only Chinese men to enter the U.S. ![]() Both the Chinese and the Irish families are furious about the marriage. ![]() The murder of a lovely young Chinese-Irish-American girl from an affluent Chinatown family, shortly after her elopement with a handsome Irish-American youth from the slums, inflames ethnic hatreds. MURDER IN CHINATOWN by Victoria Thompson Berkley Publishing Group Hard Cover JSoft Cover JSarah Brandt finds herself involved in the secretive world of Chinatown when she is called to attend the Irish-American wife of a Chinese merchant. ![]()
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