New York, 1885. Beret Osmundsen had good reason to hate her
beautiful younger sister Lillie. But
when news of Lillie’s murder reached Beret she felt both grief and rage and she
needed to know more about the circumstances of Lillie’s life. Last Beret knew,
Lillie was living with their aunt and uncle in Denver. But now she finds out
that Lillie was killed in a house of prostitution. So she travels to Denver in a
quest to understand her sister and determined to bring the killer to justice.
Beret, a woman of wealth and intelligence, is not unfamiliar
with the seamy side of life. She runs a halfway house for troubled and
endangered women in New York City. Though the Denver police would rather she stayed home and let them handle the
investigation, Beret inserts herself into it and builds a good working relationship with the chief
investigator, Mick McCauley. McCauley is not the typical flat foot, he is a man
of money and influence, quite equal to the challenge of escorting a society
lady through the underbelly of Denver’s tenderloin district. Together Beret and Mick will dig through
Lillie’s hidden history and discover the truth of her murder.
This was a very interesting read. The story of Beret and
Lillie and Beret’s growing relationship with Mick were quite engaging. The murder
mystery was interesting too, although the murderer was not much of a surprise.
Altogether, I enjoyed it a lot.
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