Louise Faulk has been hired as one of the few policewomen on the New York City police force in 1914. She is relegated to the basement of the precinct to watch over female prisoners. On the night of Thanksgiving she is sent to accompany another officer to an apartment building in the Hell’s Kitchen area of NYC. They arrive to find a prostitute and her baby son dead in a large metal tub. The police rule the deaths murder and suicide. Louise begins her own private investigation into the deaths after she finds three passports hidden in a piece of the woman’s coats, and eventually puts her own life in danger. Louise is a very well defined character, someone you can’t help but like and cheer for during her investigation. I would recommend this book for anyone who is a fan of historical fiction. The storyline is very food, and it doesn’t take long to read the book. Although this novel is fiction, some of the events in the story are based on real events. I received an ARC copy of this book from NetGalley and Kensington Books. All opinions expressed here are my own.

This book was an awesome third book in the series! Louise continues to be smart and she doesn't like to let things go when she senses there's something bigger going on. I absolutely loved meeting Anna Muldoon in this. Also enjoyable was the mix of fictional and true events that happened in the WWI era.

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The novel takes place before the United States gets into WWI. Louise Faulk is the second policewoman in her district in New York City. She is sent to an apartment in Hell’s Kit hen to investigate a smell. She finds Ruthie., a prostitute, in a tub along with a baby. It appears as though Ruthie has committed murder/suicide but Louise thinks there may be more to the story. Louise finds another baby in the apartment who the neighbors say is Eddie, a mute. The detectives at the precinct are convinced it is a simple murder suicide and refuse to investigate further. The story revolves around Louise’s attempt to investigate on her own whether or not it was a suicide. Three passports are found hidden in clothing of Ruthie’s. Louise starts her investigation with trying to find the men whose passports were found. Along the way she is recruited by the Secret Service-to spy on a German newspaper. It turns out the two investigations are linked. In addition Louise try’s to find Eddie’s family which turns into a side story. The novel is very good and a fast read. I would recommend this novel to anyone who likes mysteries or historical fiction. Although the novel is not based on fact you still learn a lot about women’s lives during the beginning of the 20th century.