The author of "Murder in Morningside Heights" returns to nineteenth-century New York City to find Christmas in the air, a police detective and a midwife with love in their hearts, and a wealthy widow accused of murder
Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy and Sarah Brandt aren't the only ones who ve recently tied the knot. Family friend Mrs. O Neill was delighted when her daughter, Una, wed the seemingly wealthy and charming Randolph Pollock. But there s a problem. Una was found cradling her dead husband s body. Rendered mute by the ordeal, she cannot explain what happened and now stands charged with murder.
Mrs. O Neill would like Frank to investigate the case and save Una, yet with Frank and Sarah still on their honeymoon, it s up to the other members of their newly formed household to do some detective work. But solving the mystery behind Pollock s death means first discovering the truth about who he really is "