Murder in Boston's North End - Andrea Kress - Bog

She turned down marriage in order to prove her independence. What she didn't bargain for was a murder.

1933. Amanda Burnside's new project is creating a children's clinic in the colorful, ethnic, under-served North End. It's busy, noisy, bustling, and she's challenged by the differences from her upper-class upbringing. She soon questions her choices when she stumbles across the murder of a young man. Warned off from asking further questions only fuels her curiosity to solve the case.

Detective Halloran is assigned to sift through the motives and evasions of too many suspects. But his sights are also set on Amanda who injects herself into the investigation. When she uncovers the clue that sends the police in the right direction, she unwittingly puts herself in the crosshairs of a kidnapping plot.
Will she be able to help solve the crime? Or be its next victim?

MURDER IN BOSTON'S NORTH END is the fast-paced second book in the Massachusetts Cozy Mystery Series with a sassy socialite, plenty of atmosphere and a handsome detective waiting in the wings.