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Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy faces a perplexing case when an influential deaf man is killed. With personal ties to a deaf school where his son studies, Malloy turns to midwife Sarah Brandt for help unraveling the mystery of the victim’s possible connection to the school.
First publish date: 2010
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Historical Mystery
Authors: Victoria Thompson
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