Murder on Fifth Avenue (2012) (edit title/settings)

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Characters/People edit see section history

• Mr. Richmond: invested in Chilton Devries scheme, lost all the family money
• Lucretia Devries: Chilton Devries wife
• Mary Catherine: Add a description of this character.
• Norah English: Chilton Devries mistress
• Mr. Hugh Zeller: good friend of Paul Devries
• Hartley
• Elizabeth Decker: wife of Felix Decker, Sarah Brandt's mother
• Mr. Salvatore Angotti: Head of Italian "mob" in Little Italy
• Felix Decker: Sarah Brandt's father
• Terry Richmond: mother of Garnet Devries
• Doc Haynes: Coroner
• Mr. Paul Devries: son of Chilton Devries
• Brian: son of Frank Malloy
• Gino Donatelli: Italian police officer
• Roderick: valet to Chilton Devries
• Mr. Robinson
• Mr. Watkins
• Mrs. Higgins
• Mr. Chilton Devries: man murdered at the Knickerbocker club
• Mrs. O'Brien: works for the Devries
• Winston: valet to Paul Devries
• Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy: Police officer, father of Brian.
• Sarah Brandt: protagonist, midwife, widow of Dr. Thomas Brandt
• Maeve: lives with Sarah Brandt, takes care of Catherine, Sarah's adoptive daughter
• Consuelo Vanderbilt
• Catherine: adoptive daughter of Sarah Brandt
• Garnet Devries: wife of Paul Devries
• Keith
• Mr. Pitt
• Mrs. Ellsworth: Sarah Brandt's next door neighbor
• Alva
• Victoria Thompson

Quotes edit see section history

• “I don't pretend to understand what goes on in men's minds. They're so very different from us. They're so very unreasonable and strange, and they always think the wrong things are important, but we aren't going to change them. We just have to take them as they are...”

  Mrs. Decker

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Richmond
• New York
• Virginia
• Mercer Street

First Sentence edit see section history

Table of Contents edit see section history

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Murder on Sisters' Row, and followed by Murder in Chelsea (Gaslight Mystery).

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Victoria Thompson (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: PS3570.H6442M867 2012
• Dewey: 813'.54--dc22

Notes for Parents edit see section history

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No objectionable scenes. Characters commit objectionable acts (in addition to than murder).

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Mystery › Women Sleuths
• Books › Literature & Fiction