Called to justice

Title:

Called to justice

Author:

Maxwell, Edith author.

ISBN:

9780738750323

Edition:

1st ed.

Physical Description:

xi, 296 pages ; 21 cm.

Series:

Quaker midwife mystery ;

Subject Term:

Midwives -- Fiction.

Quakers -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Fourth of July -- Fiction.

Genre:

Mystery fiction.

Summary:

Quaker midwife Rose Carroll is enjoying the 1888 Independence Day evening fireworks with her beau when a teenaged Quaker mill girl is found shot dead. After a former slave and fellow Quaker is accused of the murder, Rose delves into the crime, convinced of the man's innocence. An ill-mannered mill manager, an Irish immigrant, and the victim's young boyfriend come under suspicion even as Rose's future with her handsome doctor suitor becomes unsure. Rose continues to deliver babies and listen to secrets, finally figuring out one criminal--only to be threatened by the murderer, with three lives at stake. Can she rescue herself, a baby, and her elderly midwifery teacher in time? --

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When Hannah Breed confides to midwife Rose Carroll that she's pregnant out of wedlock, Rose promises to help her through the pregnancy and figure out a way to break the news to her family. But that night, amid the noise and revelry of the Independence Day fireworks, Hannah is found shot dead.

After a former slave and fellow Quaker is accused of the murder, Rose delves into the crime, convinced of the man's innocence. An ill-mannered mill manager, an Irish immigrant, and the victim's young boyfriend come under suspicion even as Rose's future with her handsome doctor suitor becomes unsure. Rose continues to deliver babies and listen to secrets, finally focusing in on the culprit only to be threatened herself.

Praise:

"Engaging."--Publishers Weekly

"An intriguing look at life in 19th-century New England, a heroine whose goodness guides all her decisions, and a mystery that surprises."--Kirkus Reviews

"The book is an intelligent, well-researched story with compelling characters and a fast-moving plot. Excellent!"--Suspense Magazine

"Maxwell has given readers a wonderful gift with Called to Justice. It's a riveting historical mystery featuring a refreshingly different kind of heroine, a Quaker midwife who also solves crimes with wit, intelligence, and gentle grace. It's a page turner. It's a fascinating look at nineteenth-century American faith, culture, and small-town life. And best of all, it's the second of what is sure to be a long and beloved series."--William Martin,New York Timesbestselling author of Cape Codand The Lincoln Letter

Author Notes

Edith Maxwellis President of the New England chapter of Sisters in Crime and a long-time member of the Society of Friends. She is the author of the Local Foods Mysteries and writes the Country Store Mysteries under the pseudonym Maddie Day.

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Early in Maxwell's engaging second Quaker Midwife mystery (after 2016's Delivering the Truth), midwife Rose Carroll and her beau, David Dodge, enjoy the 1888 Independence Day fireworks at a farm outside Amesbury, Mass. Only later do they discover that the explosions masked the gunshots that took the life of 17-year-old mill worker Hannah Breed, who earlier in the day confessed to Rose that she was pregnant. Mill supervisor Lester Colby is all too eager to pin the blame on African-born Akwasi Ayensu, a Society of Friends member who owns a local furniture-making and carpentry shop, but Rose sets out to prove her friend Akwasi's innocence and does so in between checking on her pregnant patients and delivering their babies. And just when she's on the verge of identifying the killer, she finds herself at the wrong end of a gun barrel. (Apr.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Kirkus Review

A 19th-century Quaker midwife faces daunting complications when a young woman is murdered.On Independence Day 1888, Rose Carroll of Amesbury, Massachusetts, is approached by a fellow member of the Religious Society of Friends who's in desperate straits. Hannah Breed, who works at the Hamilton Mill with Rose's niece, tells Rose that she's pregnant, raped by a man she will not name. Before Rose can do anything to help, Hannah is shot dead at the fireworks Rose is attending with Dr. David Dodge, her beau. Although most people claim to have noticed nothing, Lester Colby, a manager at the Hamilton Mill, tells the police they should arrest Akwasi, a peaceful Quaker, merely because he's a black man. Although Rose had helped Detective Kevin Donovan on another case of murder (Delivering The Truth, 2016), he's annoyed when she persists in her belief that Akwasi is innocent, and she feels bound to take time from her duties as a midwife to help her friend. One of her trickier deliveries is that of Pearl Hoyle, Colby's daughter, whose husband has given her gonorrhea, an infection that could have terrible consequences for the baby. Rose's visits to Pearl give her more opportunity to study Colby, who has a nasty attitude and, according to his son-in-law, a lot of debts. Another millworker who lives in Hannah's boardinghouse accuses her of theft, but Rose does not believe the gentle girl could have been guilty. Despite help from an excellent lawyer, Akwasi is arrested for the murder. Rose redoubles her efforts to prove his innocence while dealing with her difficult decision to marry David, whose family is wealthy but not Quaker. An intriguing look at life in 19th-century New England, a heroine whose goodness guides all her decisions, and a mystery that surprises. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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