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LONG LOST MIDWIFE
A Historical Mystery of Secrets, Power, and the Search for Truth
In 1934 St. Louis, a young socialite’s search for the woman who delivered her uncovers a dangerous web of family secrets that someone is willing to kill to keep hidden.
The Story SUMMARY
Pamela Dorset has everything a woman of her status should want: a prominent name, a wealthy husband, and a beautiful home. But as she prepares for the birth of her own child, she is haunted by a memory from 1911, the face of Miss Minnie, the Black midwife who brought her into the world.
Despite the fierce opposition of her husband, Frank, and the rigid racial barriers of the era, Pamela begins a desperate search through the "invisible" neighborhoods of St. Louis to find her. What begins as a personal quest quickly spirally into a high-stakes investigation.
As Pamela digs deeper into Miss Minnie’s disappearance, she realizes that the secrets of her own family’s past are entwined with a decades-old crime. In a city divided by prejudice and power, Pamela must decide how much she is willing to risk to uncover a truth that could shatter her world.
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LONG LOST MIDWIFE EDITORIAL REVIEWS
Because of its mature themes, Long Lost Midwife is best suited for adult readers. It sparks meaningful conversations on a wide range of issues and, though set in the 1930, its themes remain strikingly relevant today. Covering subjects such as sexuality, gender roles, racial dynamics, and societal taboos, the story offers something that will resonate with a broad and diverse audience
Timea Barabas from BestSellersWorld
​​The tension might be roasting slowly in the first half, but once it hits, it hits hard and fast. The latter half of the novel is brimming with tension. The mystery is time-period appropriate, and so is the detective work used to solve it. The detectives are quite fascinating characters, even with a more minor role.
Long Lost Midwife is an authentic historical thriller with a dynamic lead and a setting that adds real complexity, especially in terms of race and gender. For those who like a historical setting and a character-driven crime novel, this is a great choice.
Addison Ciuchta from Independent Book Review
Skye Smith's Long Lost Midwife went in a direction that I did not expect at all, and I feel like I've read enough books to have what's to come pretty well locked in. As a reader who is also a person of color, it is very, very important for me to point out that, even though Pamela is the character through whose lens we view life, it's the women of color around her, including Minerva, 'Miz' Lucille, Faith, and others, whose knowledge, judgment, and courage shape the events and guide the story's outcomes. They're the heroes of this story. As for the period details\, wow! Smith includes domestic life and quiet conversations, women communing amongst one another, and then bursts of ugliness that have no business in these safe spaces but force their way in regardless. The dialogue feels authentic, capturing the cadence and rhythms of speech of a Black community in motion. With tight writing, realism of the danger women of color face, and the agency and presence they continue to fight for, this is a book absolutely worth reading.
Asher Syed from Reader's Favorite
Experience the 'authentic rhythms' and 'cinematic soul' that critics are calling a historical masterpiece. Discover why Long Lost Midwife is the story the world has been waiting for.