I was unfamiliar with the Chinese Exclusion Act, signed into law in 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The story centered around the Lee family, two Irish women married to Chinese men and their mixed-race children. However, when the girl is later found murdered, Sarah asks Frank for help in finding her killer. Determined to not get involved in another potentially dangerous situation, she seeks advice from Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy who does provide some useful information.

Midwife Sarah Brandt goes to Chinatown for a delivery and eventually gets caught up in some family drama regarding a missing teen, Angel Lee. Victoria Thompson is has also written 20 historical romances. After reading many books about the village, and spending many pleasant hours dining, shopping, and just wandering the streets, I was permanently hooked!' 'I became enchanted by New York City, and Greenwich Village in particular, while one of my daughters attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. She earned her Master of Fine Arts degree in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University in 2012, where she has been a mentor and lecturer for 20 years. In her previous life, Victoria Thompson was the bestselling author of twenty historical romances. She also contributed to the award winning writing textbook MANY GENRES/ONE CRAFT and authored a short story for the anthology, SHERLOCK HOLMES IN AMERICA. Six of her Gaslight Mysteries were nominated for an Agatha Award. She was nominated for an Edgar Award from Mystery Writers of America in 2001, and in 2012 she received a Career Achievement Award in Mystery Writing from RT Magazine. Victoria Thompson is the USA Today bestselling author of the Edgar® and Agatha nominated Gaslight Mystery series and the Sue Grafton Memorial Award nominated Counterfeit Lady Series.

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