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Murder in Chinatown: Gaslight Mysteries Series, Book 9
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Thompson, Victoria
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Toren, Suzanne
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Gaslight mysteries (Victoria Thompson) volume 9.
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Recorded Books, Inc. 2008
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Edgar Award finalist Victoria Thompson colorfully portrays the prejudices and hardships of turn-of-the-century New York City. Called to Chinatown to deliver a baby, midwife Sarah Brandt soon helps search for a missing girl. But nobody seems to know where she is. Has she been sold to a brothel, or has she run off with a secret love? ". vividly recreates the gaslit world of Old New York."-Publishers Weekly
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Street Date:
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Victoria Thompson. (2008). Murder in Chinatown: Gaslight Mysteries Series, Book 9. Unabridged Recorded Books, Inc.

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Victoria Thompson. 2008. Murder in Chinatown: Gaslight Mysteries Series, Book 9. Recorded Books, Inc.

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Victoria Thompson, Murder in Chinatown: Gaslight Mysteries Series, Book 9. Recorded Books, Inc, 2008.

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Victoria Thompson. Murder in Chinatown: Gaslight Mysteries Series, Book 9. Unabridged Recorded Books, Inc, 2008.

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        Copyright 2008 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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