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My January pick. The beginning of the fabulous Gaslight series. #12Booksof2024

The first in the Gaslight Mystery series (#SeriesLove2024) featuring midwife Sarah Bryant and police detective Frank Malloy. Set in the gaslight era, Thompson did a great job evoking the era, it was a great first in the series. I look forward to reading more.

I liked this book but more because of the characters than because of the mystery. Sarah is a midwife who used to belong to one of the high society New York families, and Frank is a cop who may or may not be corrupt. The mystery was interesting enough, but I guessed every single twist (and there were quite a few). It would‘ve been nice if at least one was a surprise, but nope. Still, I would read another in this series. #audiowalk

I‘ve decided to stick with Murder on Astor Place as my #audiowalk book for now. It was hot outside today but was so cloudy that it was bearable.

I really couldn‘t concentrate on a walking book today. I wanted something light but didn‘t really have anything light, so I ended up switching between Rhiannon Gidden‘s fabulous Freedom Highway album, Possession, and Murder on Astor Place. #audiowalk

Thank you so much Debra! This arrived today, and I'm looking forward to starting this series!
@Deblovestoread

It should be illegal for the print to be this small on a book!

Good one!

A multi purpose post:

My #Blitsy swap arrived today. Looking forward to opening day.

Thanks to @tdrosebud for gifting me the tagged book in the #WinterSolsticeSwap. I loved it. Thanks to @Chrissyreadit @AmandaBlaze and @Andrew65 for the positive comments that moved it to the top. I‘m looking forward to the rest of the series.

And a picture of Dizzy at 3 months. She‘s 13 now and has to have a procedure on Friday after 3 rounds of drugs⬇️

What I am reading this weekend:

The Mercies - audio. Chores, puzzle and stitching
Whereabouts - kindle bedtime reading
Murder on Astor Place - print This one is getting tons of love so I can‘t resist starting it this morning with my coffee.

@sprainedbrain these are some of my favorite cozy mysteries. I would love to continue with all of them someday 🤣 #cbbc

#CurrentlyListening to the first #GaslightMystery by #VictoriaThompson read by #CallieBeaulieu

I liked this enough to move on to Book 2. It's a little pedestrian in some aspects, but the main characters' mutual antagonism creates chemistry. I also enjoyed the research and sense of place. I do think that 90s sensibilities show up in the book with the killer's reveal. The author treats the murderer in a way that would not stand up to today's standards, but I do make allowances for when a book is written. Times change!

@tdrosebud

Tanya, thank you SO much for this lovely package!! I stayed up to open it and take pictures but waited to post them lol... I am excited about the books you chose for me. I have heard nothing but wonderful things about the tagged book. Madelyn Alt and Ellery Adams are high on my TBR, and the other two sound PERFECT for when the weather gets even chillier ❤️🍁🍂 The socks? 😍 And did you make the scarf???? I LOVE IT! Thank you 😊

I‘ve been wondering how a midwife might solve mysteries, because we do all the time. :-) Looking forward to how it‘s done here.

Hey cozy swappers! (And other fall swappers!) share your cozy style and favorite books- help your matches “get to know you”
Hope you will join this activity @MaleficentBookDragon @wanderinglynn @sprainedbrain @Meaw_catlady

This is a good historical mystery about a midwife who decides to solve the crime others are ignoring.
#jennyis30 #HistoricalMystery @jenniferw88
#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks
#LittensDressedInBlood @MidnightBookGirl

@Chrissyreadit your #coffeebeanbookclub package is on it's way ☕
@Mommamanzi

Day 14 #Top20Series #20Series20Days @Andrew65 This is a historical cozy mystery series. I had inadvertently read the 7th or 8th book in the series, not realizing it was a series, and I was hooked.

I did not expect to enjoy this as much as I did! I‘ve had severe book ADD and have several going so it felt great to finish one! While I guessed pieces of this, and some fairly early, I did not get the overall picture until the big reveal! I‘ll certainly be reading more!

I did not expect to enjoy this as much as I did! I‘ve had severe book ADD and have several going so it felt great to finish one! While I guessed pieces of this, and some fairly early, I did not get the overall picture until the big reveal! I‘ll certainly be reading more!

Went for an audio walk on the beautiful but breezy day. Still listening while the dogs play in the yard before I have to log back in for work.

Attempting to get shit done

A quick read with lots of twists and turns... also a cool setting for a mystery (turn of the century New York City)! Overall, I enjoyed it very much!!

This was a great book and a fast read. Midwife Sara gets tangled up in the murder of the sister of a childhood friend. This book has some good twists in it.I loved the setting of turn of the century NY. #TheFilthyAnimals #WinterGames

This is classified as a historical mystery and it does fit that categorization, but it is also a semi cozy mystery. The crimes are deadly and the reasons behind them are shocking (for the time), but the main detective is an outcast from “society”, so it feels cozyesque, if that makes sense. It is a quick read and I did enjoy it, although this is not my usual genre. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A quick read, historical mystery. A midwife in NYC circa 1880‘s -I enjoyed it and could not put it down tonight until I finished it.

My NYC listen for my NYC trip. Listened off and on on the drive there and back. Your fairly typical whodunnit. Pretty quick read. This was between a pick and a so so for me. The narrator didn‘t help as her reading was very choppy. There‘s a whole series set in New York and I was hoping it would change narrators. Just started the second and same narrator. Don‘t know I‘ll make my way through all of them with her narrating.

Book 213/265 7/12/19

This hit all the right notes - except that for me, personally, it was very disturbing. Great characters. I could practically hear the swish of skirts and the clop of hooves on the New York City streets. I just couldn't get past the denouement and reveal of the motives behind the murders. Read with caution.

Mysteries@Six selection, May 2019 - review to come.

My library hold came in so I'm going to try out this series.

This is a wonderful introduction to the Gaslight Mystery Series. This book gives a good feel for early 20th Century New York & the corruption that appears to be present in the Police Force, if you had money and status it appears you could literally get away with murder. This book is very well written & love the main characters. Totally recommend this to anyone who loves a good mystery or historical mysteries. Look forward to continuing the series.

It‘s a new year so Happy New Year Everyone 🥳🥳🥳🍾🥂 🎉 🎊 🎉 🎊
What better time to start a new series so kicking off the year by listening to the first book of the Gaslight Mysteries Series set in early 20th Century New York. This series certainly has a strong reputation.

This was a re-read for the @bookriot #ReadHarder challenge. I remember really liking this cozy mystery the first time I read it, but this time it was just so-so for me. Possibly I remembered too much from the original read to make it interesting? In any case, it does have a strong and interesting female character and it's the first in a long series, so if you like cozy historical mysteries I'd say give it a try.

I almost bailed on this one, but I always think things will get better. I could not connect with anything about this book...the characters, the story. And the ending was far-fetched and very unsettling. Based on this start, I think I will give this series a pass. #romantsy #osrbc

Starting this one. New author for me. Anyone familiar with the Gaslight Mystery series?

In the last 48 hours I've read Murder on Astor Place and Murder on St. Mark's Place. This is a mystery series set in NYC 1896. The main character Sarah Brandt is from a rich family, had married a doctor who was murdered and is now a midwife and estranged from her family. Our hero is Irish detective Frank Malloy. Through various circumstances they are thrown together to solve a murder. As expected the relationship grows in the 2nd book. On to #3.

The first in a long series featuring an amateur female sleuth in the form of a midwife and a surly detective. A lovely cozy set in Victorian New York, each book tends to take you into a new neighborhood so the reader gets a different slice of Victorian life from many different viewpoints.

Yay, found another historical British mystery series! This first in the series was quick and clever, and I found the two main characters surprisingly complex. Definitely going to be reading the next in the series.