title: Murder on Lenox Hill: A Gaslight Mystery
author:  Victoria Thompson 
description: [Murder on Lenox Hill] grabs ones interest early, especially since the crimes seem so unsolvable.<b>The Washington Times</b>
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  Shady Hollow is a cozy small town filled with woodland creatures who live and
  work together. The local fall election is coming up and the campaigning is
  unusually fierce, since Deputy Orville Braun is running against been-in-
  office-forever Chief Meade. In the midst of this unexpected tension, a murder
  is announced, but there’s a twist: the victim is still alive!
  
  The accuser, Dorothy Springfield, is an admittedly eccentric resident who
  claims her loving husband Edward is dead…even though he’s standing right next
  to her when she says it. What can it mean? Edward has no answers, and most of
  the neighbors would rather ignore the awkward situation. They think Dotty just
  started to believe her own nonsense. But foxy reporter Vera Vixen has some
  questions.
  
  In a quiet neighborhood along the shore of Mirror Lake, Vera discovers a few
  things that don’t fit, starting with a misplaced lamp and an unknown face in
  an old photograph. As she follows the clue