Gaslight Mystery 08 - Murder in Little Italy by Victoria Thompson

Author:Victoria Thompson
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Mystery, Suspense, Historical
ISBN: 9780425216064
Publisher: Berkley
Published: 2005-12-31T23:00:00+00:00

Frank thought Roosevelt was right about Ugo putting up a fight. He wouldn’t sit by and see his family attacked, Murder in Little Italy

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but he certainly had no loyalty to the bastard child of a woman who had lied to his nephew. He’d help put pressure on the family.

“I’m not sure it’s really safe for Mrs. Brandt to go down to Little Italy,” Frank tried, grasping at his last straw.

“Then you and Officer Donatelli will accompany her. Take as many officers as you think you’ll need to protect her, too.

We must get this settled, Mr. Malloy. Every night that passes gives Tammany another opportunity to stir up more trouble.”

“I’ll go see her this morning, sir,” Frank said, giving Donatelli a dirty look he didn’t understand.

“Dee-lightful. Please give her my regards and my personal thanks for her efforts,” Roosevelt said.

Sarah was trying to decide if she should take Aggie and Maeve with her to visit the mission when someone rang her front doorbell. Her heart quickened when she saw Malloy’s silhouette through the door, and she smiled as she pulled it open.

“Malloy,” she said in greeting, but her smile faded when she saw his expression. “What’s wrong?” she asked in alarm.

“Let me in, and I’ll tell you,” he replied sourly.

Aggie and Maeve had heard the bell and now came running to greet him. He put on a good show for them, teasing and grinning, until Sarah sent them upstairs and took Malloy into the kitchen. She poured coffee without asking and set it in front of him.

“I saw the story about the riot in the newspaper. Did something happen to the Ruoccos? To the baby?”

“No, we managed to keep the rioters out of the restaurant until the police came.”

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“You were there?” she asked in amazement.

“Donatelli and I were there questioning the family when it started.”

“How is Maria? And the baby? She must be terrified!”

“Everybody was fine, or at least nobody got hurt. They sent Maria and the baby and the daughter to a neighbor’s house.”

“Did you find out anything when you were questioning them? About who might have killed Nainsi?”

“Nobody confessed, if that’s what you mean,” he said grimly.

She could see the discouragement in his eyes. “I wish I could help. I’ve been trying to figure out if anything I learned when I was there was important.”

“What did you learn?” he asked, surprising her.

“Maria is determined to be a good mother to the baby. She doesn’t think she’ll ever have any of her own because . . .”

“Because what?” he prodded when she hesitated.

“Because Joe doesn’t do his husbandly duty anymore,”

she told him with just a touch of glee, knowing he’d be embarrassed. He didn’t like discussing such things with her.

He reached up and rubbed his eyes, probably to keep from having to look at her. “All right,” he said with more than a touch of discomfort. “So Maria is claiming the baby for herself because she can’t have one of her own.”

“I didn’t really expect the rest of the family would be too happy about it, but even Mrs.

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