Maids of Misfortune: A Victorian San Francisco Mystery Maids of Misfortune: A Victorian San Francisco Mystery
Book 1 - The Victorian San Francisco Mysteries

Maids of Misfortune: A Victorian San Francisco Mystery

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Publisher Description

First book in the USA Today bestselling Victorian San Francisco Mystery series.

It's the summer of 1879, and Annie Fuller, a young San Francisco widow, is in trouble. Annie's husband squandered her fortune before committing suicide five years earlier, and one of his creditors is now threatening to take the boardinghouse she owns to pay off a debt.

Annie Fuller also possesses a secret. She supplements her income by giving domestic and business advice as Madam Sibyl, one of San Francisco's most exclusive clairvoyants, and one of Madam Sibyl's clients, Matthew Voss, has died. The police believe his death was suicide brought upon by bankruptcy, but Annie believes Voss has been murdered and that his assets have been stolen.

Nate Dawson wrestles with a difficult decision. As the Voss family lawyer, he would love to prove that Matthew Voss didn't leave his grieving family destitute. But that would mean working with Annie Fuller, a woman who alternatively attracts and infuriates him as she shatters every notion he ever had of proper ladylike behavior.

Sparks fly as Anne and Nate pursue the truth about the murder of Matthew Voss in this light-hearted, cozy historical mystery set in the foggy, gas-lit world of Victorian San Francisco. 

Maids of Misfortune is the first book in M. Louisa Locke's USA Today bestselling Victorian San Francisco mystery series, followed by Uneasy Spirits, Bloody Lessons, Deadly Proof, Pilfered Promises, Scholarly Pursuits, Lethal Remedies and Entangled Threads.. Locke's shorter works, collected in Victorian San Francisco Stories: Vols 1 and 2, and Victorian San Francisco Novellas, feature beloved minor characters from the series. There are also two boxed sets of the novels, Victorian San Francisco Mysteries: Books 1-4 and Victorian San Francisco Mysteries: Books 5-7.

GENRE
Mysteries & Thrillers
RELEASED
2014
December 6
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
442
Pages
PUBLISHER
M. Louisa Locke
SELLER
Draft2Digital, LLC
SIZE
817.8
KB

Customer Reviews

gweneeth ,

Maids of misfortune

Interesting plot with realistic characters. Thanks, g

CaKris ,

Well planned and executed

This novel is packed full of many delightful characters, a strong storyline and is evenly paced. There is appropriate humor, heart warming respect and prolonged mild suspense. A feel good novel. A cosy to wile away a weekend. Bought the series based on this first book.

Avid Reader QC ,

A fine, clever book

This is a very fine, clever book. Except for ignoring the fact that no one on a warm San Francisco August morning would expect anything except a cool
windy afternoon, the author did an excellent job with the facts of Victorian San Francisco.

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