This is the 15th mystery novel in the fine Gaslight Series which takes place in New York City at the turning of the century from the 18th to the 19th centuries. 

Murder on Fifth Avenue ~
by  Victoria Thompson 
read by Suzanne Toren, 8u 56m

I’m very much enjoying this series –  I think my first book in this series was #4 and I decided that was soooo good I’d start from the beginning and that’s what I’ve done. This is #14 in that Gaslight Series with 27 in all.  

The “historical” aspect is wonderfully well done without bogging down in the history while the fiction develops right around the history impacting the lives of the nicely drawn characters as it is in real life. The tension is twisty and growing from the first couple chapters.  

From Thompson’s site at: https://victoriathompson.com/book/murder-on-fifth-avenue/
From the tenements to the town houses of nineteenth-century New York, midwife Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy never waiver in their mission to aid the innocent and apprehend the guilty. Now, the latest novel in the Edgar® Award-nominated series finds Sarah and Malloy investigating the murder of a Knickerbocker club member who was made to pay his dues…

Sarah Brandt’s family is one of the oldest in New York City, and her father, Felix Decker, takes his position in society very seriously. He still refuses to resign himself to his daughter being involved with an Irish Catholic police detective. But when a member of his private club—the very exclusive Knickerbocker—is murdered, Decker forms an uneasy alliance with Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy to solve the crime as discreetly as possible.

Malloy soon discovers that despite his social standing, the deceased—Chilton Devries—was no gentleman. In fact, he’s left behind his own unofficial club of sorts, populated by everyone who despised him. As he and Sarah sort through the suspects, it becomes clear to her that her father is evaluating more than the detective’s investigative abilities, and that, on a personal level, there is much more at stake for Malloy than discovering who revoked Devries’ membership—permanently.

Enjoy!