An Orphan of Hell's Kitchen
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Publisher Description
In 1914, Hell’s Kitchen is an apt name for New York City’s grittiest neighborhood, as one of the city’s first policewomen, Louise Faulk, is about to discover when the death of a young prostitute leads her on a grim journey through the district’s darkest corners . . .
Filthy, dangerous, and deadly—Hell’s Kitchen is no place for a lady, but Louise Faulk is no ordinary woman. The amateur investigator turned rookie policewoman is investigating the death of young prostitute, Ruthie, who leaves behind a baby boy. Although detectives are quick to declare it a suicide, Louise is less certain after she discovers clues implying murder while attempting to find a caretaker for Ruthie’s orphaned son.
Uncovering the truth won’t be easy, especially since Louise is struggling to make a name for herself amid the boys’ club of the New York City Police Department. But Ruthie’s case keeps tugging at Louise, luring her beyond the slums’ drawn curtains and tenement doors, into an undercover investigation that often seems to conceal more than it reveals. Louise is convinced Ruthie’s secrets got her killed, but can she prove it before they catch up to her too?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Set in 1914, Freeland's impressive third Louise Faulk mystery (after 2019's Murder in Midtown) finds Faulk, one of New York City's first policewomen, at Manhattan's 30th Precinct when a building custodian reports that a tenant of his, Ruthie Jones, who's the mother of twin baby boys, has not responded to knocks on her door. When Faulk and a colleague break down the locked door, they discover Jones in a bloody bathtub, having apparently slit her own wrists and one of her infants dead in the water next to her. Faulk finds Jones's second son alive and delivers him to the foundlings hospital. Not buying the official verdict of suicide, Faulk launches her own unofficial investigation. She begins by trying to trace the owners of the multiple passports that Jones, who supported herself by prostitution, possessed for some unknown reason. Freeland makes her lead's successes and missteps plausible, and captures the feel of a city skittish about the war in Europe. Maisie Dobbs fans will be pleased.
