Death of a Showman by Mariah Fredericks

April 25, 2021

I don’t know if Mariah Fredericks’ Death of a Showman is that much better than the other three Jane Prescott mysteries or if it’s my passion for Broadway that makes this one shine. She excels at the behind-the-scenes machinations of a Broadway...

Death of an American Beauty by Mariah Fredericks

April 26, 2020

Mariah Fredericks’ mysteries featuring lady’s maid Jane Prescott are rich in the cultural issues of New York during 1910-1913. At the same time, they’re engrossing mysteries with an observant young woman familiar with several social classes....

Death of a New American by Mariah Fredericks

April 13, 2019

Mariah Fredericks brings back Jane Prescott, a ladies’ maid in the early twentieth century in New York, in Death of a New American. The first in the series, A Death of No Importance, was one of Library Journal’s top ten mysteries of 2018. While this...

A Death of No Importance by Mariah Fredericks

April 08, 2018

If you like compelling historical mysteries that portray social and class inequities, you might want to try Mariah Fredericks’ A Death of No Importance. Set during the Gilded Age, the story includes mining disasters, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire,...