A death of no importance
Mariah Fredericks' compelling adult debut novel follows Jane Prescott, a ladies' maid in an upper-crust 1910 NYC household, after her mistress's playboy fiance is gruesomely murdered. Jane Prescott has perfected the art of serving as a ladies' maid in the upper-most echelons of 1910 New York City so...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Minotaur Books,
2018.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Fredericks, Mariah. Jane Prescott ;
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| Summary: | Mariah Fredericks' compelling adult debut novel follows Jane Prescott, a ladies' maid in an upper-crust 1910 NYC household, after her mistress's playboy fiance is gruesomely murdered. Jane Prescott has perfected the art of serving as a ladies' maid in the upper-most echelons of 1910 New York City society. Invisible until she's needed, Jane has a deft hand and a sharp, observant mind. Which means she sees a lot more than the wealthy, glamorous people she serves realize. When her mistress, Charlotte Benchley, surprises the family by getting engaged to notorious society playboy Norrie Newsome, Jane understands how the engagement might have come to pass, and what it means for both families. And when Norrie is suddenly and gruesomely murdered, Jane is uniquely positioned to understand who might have wanted him dead-from the family he was supposed to marry into before he proposed to Charlotte, to the survivors of a tragic accident in a mine owned by the Newsome family, to the rising anarchists in industrial revolution-era New York City who are sick of the elite classes getting away with anything they want simply because they were born wealthy. Jane's thoughtful, clear-eyed, and witty voice leads us into the heart of a gripping, atmospheric murder mystery in Mariah Fredericks's debut adult novel. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 276 pages ; 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781250152978 1250152976 |
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