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The Whispering Women (Delafield & Malloy Investigations, #1)

Trish MacEnulty
4.25/5 (248 ratings)
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Born into a once-wealthy Manhattan family, Louisa Delafield survives by doing the one thing she’s suited for: writing a society column. But in January 1913, the death of a police matron in a bombed brownstone convinces Louisa to write about darker subjects. “Muckraking” goes against her upbringing, but once her blinders are off, she can’t continue to protect the privileged.

Ellen Malloy came to America to escape the priests who told her she would go to hell for loving women. However, her job as a debutante’s personal maid affords her no opportunity for a life, much less for finding love. After witnessing the death of a fellow servant during an illegal abortion, she flees her comfortable position in fear for her life.

When the two women are brought together by New York’s top bomb squad cop, Louisa and Ellen dive into a dangerous world of gangsters, bordellos, and back-alley abortions to find the connection between Ellen’s friend and the dead police matron. Their investigation makes them the target of powerful forces who will stop at nothing, even murder, to bury the truth.

This book is a timely reminder of an era when the legal system and social norms prevented women from enjoying the freedom to control their own destinies.
Format:
Kindle Edition
Pages:
383 pages
Publication:
2022
Publisher:
Prism Light Press
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
ISBN13:
kindle Asin:
B0B9W2WG8T

The Whispering Women (Delafield & Malloy Investigations, #1)

Trish MacEnulty
4.25/5 (248 ratings)
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Born into a once-wealthy Manhattan family, Louisa Delafield survives by doing the one thing she’s suited for: writing a society column. But in January 1913, the death of a police matron in a bombed brownstone convinces Louisa to write about darker subjects. “Muckraking” goes against her upbringing, but once her blinders are off, she can’t continue to protect the privileged.

Ellen Malloy came to America to escape the priests who told her she would go to hell for loving women. However, her job as a debutante’s personal maid affords her no opportunity for a life, much less for finding love. After witnessing the death of a fellow servant during an illegal abortion, she flees her comfortable position in fear for her life.

When the two women are brought together by New York’s top bomb squad cop, Louisa and Ellen dive into a dangerous world of gangsters, bordellos, and back-alley abortions to find the connection between Ellen’s friend and the dead police matron. Their investigation makes them the target of powerful forces who will stop at nothing, even murder, to bury the truth.

This book is a timely reminder of an era when the legal system and social norms prevented women from enjoying the freedom to control their own destinies.
Format:
Kindle Edition
Pages:
383 pages
Publication:
2022
Publisher:
Prism Light Press
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
ISBN13:
kindle Asin:
B0B9W2WG8T

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