Following a routine delivery in a rooming house, turn-of-the-century midwife Sarah Brandt discovers that another boarder, a young girl, has been murdered and, despite the hindrance of the girl's powerful family, joins forces with Sergeant Frank Malloy to find the killer before h…
Midwife Sarah Brandt joins forces with Detective Frank Malloy to clear the name of banker Nelson Ellsworth, who has been accused of murdering his pregnant mistress.
When a newborn baby falls ill after a successful delivery, turn-of-the-century New York midwife Sarah Brandt searches for the cause of the infant's mysterious illness, an investigation that is linked to a scandal involving greed, betrayal, passion, and murder.