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Adult/High School—Biddle transports readers back to 1842 with the authentic voice of Philadelphian heiress Martha Beale. A band of young boys is burglarizing the mansions of the city's elite. When Dora, the daughter of a wealthy and prominent family, disappears, Martha finds herself embroiled in the investigation. Suspects and theories abound, including a possible elopement, a ransom scheme, and murder. When Dora's fiancé is shot and her father is poisoned, the suspect list grows to include both poor and rich residents of the town. Well crafted, the plot moves along quickly without sacrificing the authentic details of life in Philadelphia during the period. While this book is the second in the series, the plot and characters are not dependent on familiarity with The Conjurer (Thomas Dunne, 2008). Mystery fans will enjoy the suspense and pacing, while fans of historical fiction will revel in the rich detail of the setting.A romantic subplot about Martha and the criminal investigator adds to the mounting tension as the mystery unfolds. Many teens will also be drawn in by the universal themes of social stratification, betrayal, and women's rights.—Lynn Rashid, Marriots Ridge High School, Marriotsville, MD
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This second historical mystery featuring iconoclastic heiress Martha Beale zeros in on her relationship with Constable Thomas Kelman. When she and her newly adopted children, Ella and Cai, return to Philadelphia after a summer in the country, Martha is thrust into the doings of upper-crust society in the nineteenth century, but her attention is never pulled completely away from the uncommunicative Kelman. When the eligible young Dora disappears from her family’s home, Thomas and Martha follow a trail of clues that takes them into the slums, where raggedy children watch a young mother push a baby basket into the river and drown herself and where, later, a body is found in a coal bin. A bewildering chain of coincidences follows, appearing to implicate a poorhouse father in the baby’s death. Meanwhile, an eyebrow-raising romance commences between no-nonsense Martha and her working-class swain. Martha is a winning sleuth in the tradition of Jacqueline Winspear’s Maisie Dobbs and Tasha Alexander’s Lady Emily Ashton. --Jen Baker
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Adult/High School—Biddle transports readers back to 1842 with the authentic voice of Philadelphian heiress Martha Beale. A band of young boys is burglarizing the mansions of the city's elite. When Dora, the daughter of a wealthy and prominent family, disappears, Martha finds herself embroiled in the investigation. Suspects and theories abound, including a possible elopement, a ransom scheme, and murder. When Dora's fiancé is shot and her father is poisoned, the suspect list grows to include both poor and rich residents of the town. Well crafted, the plot moves along quickly without sacrificing the authentic details of life in Philadelphia during the period. While this book is the second in the series, the plot and characters are not dependent on familiarity with The Conjurer (Thomas Dunne, 2008). Mystery fans will enjoy the suspense and pacing, while fans of historical fiction will revel in the rich detail of the setting.A romantic subplot about Martha and the criminal investigator adds to the mounting tension as the mystery unfolds. Many teens will also be drawn in by the universal themes of social stratification, betrayal, and women's rights.—Lynn Rashid, Marriots Ridge High School, Marriotsville, MD
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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This second historical mystery featuring iconoclastic heiress Martha Beale zeros in on her relationship with Constable Thomas Kelman. When she and her newly adopted children, Ella and Cai, return to Philadelphia after a summer in the country, Martha is thrust into the doings of upper-crust society in the nineteenth century, but her attention is never pulled completely away from the uncommunicative Kelman. When the eligible young Dora disappears from her family’s home, Thomas and Martha follow a trail of clues that takes them into the slums, where raggedy children watch a young mother push a baby basket into the river and drown herself and where, later, a body is found in a coal bin. A bewildering chain of coincidences follows, appearing to implicate a poorhouse father in the baby’s death. Meanwhile, an eyebrow-raising romance commences between no-nonsense Martha and her working-class swain. Martha is a winning sleuth in the tradition of Jacqueline Winspear’s Maisie Dobbs and Tasha Alexander’s Lady Emily Ashton. --Jen Baker
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