![]() Like Beret’s forays into detective work, “Fallen Women” takes a few liberties. (Imagine how the people of 1885 would react upon seeing LoDo today, teeming with upscale stores and trendy boites instead of brothels and seedy saloons.) He reluctantly allows Beret to shadow him, reminding her that ladies do not belong in the red-light district of Larimer and Holladay (now Market) streets. ![]() ![]() He, too, is from a well-placed family that regards a career as policeman as only one or two steps above the miscreants and crooks. Had she been supporting a drug habit? What made Lillie leave the comfort of her wealthy aunt’s and uncle’s Grant Street mansion, and the promise of a more respectable course, for such a seedy life?īeret decides to investigate and contacts the lead detective, Mick McCauley. Beret, whose job in New York involves working with prostitutes and other women in compromised situations, is aghast.īeret remembers her sister as an incorrigible flirt - a trait that caused a rift between the sisters - but struggles with discovering that Lillie was actually, herself, a prostitute. ![]() What Beret discovers upon her arrival is that her sister, Lillie, was stabbed to death in the brothel where she worked. ![]() Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close MenuĬolorado author Sandra Dallas sets “Fallen Women” in the spring of 1885, in the aftermath of a savage murder, as the dead woman’s estranged sister travels from New York to Denver to learn more. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |