I have been very focused on finishing the first draft of Scholarly Pursuit, the next full-length book in my Victorian San Francisco Mystery series, but needed to pause to let you know about the a great list of historical mysteries that are free or discounted today, 11/4. 

Join amateur sleuths, private detectives, and feisty female protagonists in a journey through time with this anthology of historical mysteries spanning nearly a thousand years, from Medieval Wales to 1940s Ohio. This collection of eight novellas and short stories is the perfect introduction to five award-winning series in settings ranging from the back streets of Elizabethan and Regency London to the steep slopes of Victorian San Francisco.
— Libi Astaire, the Jewish Regency mystery series.
— Anna Castle, the Francis Bacon mystery series and the Professor & Mrs. Moriarty mystery series.
— M. Louisa Locke, the Victorian San Francisco mystery series.
— M. Ruth Myers, the Maggie Sullivan mystery series set in Depression-era Ohio.
— Sarah Woodbury, the Gareth & Gwen Medieval Mysteries.

99 cents in all ebookstores  

It is November of 1880, and the future looks promising for Annie and Nate Dawson. Nate’s law practice is taking off. Annie has made the transition from pretend clairvoyant to a successful financial consultant, and as a couple, they are looking forward to spending their first Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays together.

For Robert Livingston, the owner San Francisco’s newest grand emporium, the holidays are shaping up to be a dismal failure if he can’t figure out how to stop whoever is stealing from his department store, the Silver Strike Bazaar.When he hires the Dawsons to investigate, Annie and Nate discover that behind the doors of Livingston’s “Palace of Plenty,” nothing is quite what it seems.

Pilfered Promises, by USA Todaybestselling author, M. Louisa Locke, is the fifth full-length historical mystery in the cozy Victorian San Francisco mystery series featuring Annie and Nate Dawson and their friends and family in the O’Farrell Street boarding house. Locke’s shorter works, found in Victorian San Francisco Storiesand Victorian San Francisco Novellas, feature minor characters from the series.

Free in all ebookstores

Other Great Historical Mysteries Discounts good, today, November 4, 2018

Libi Astaire:
Tempest in the Tearoom: A Jewish Regency Mystery (Book 1) Free
The Doppelganger’s Dance: A Jewish Regency Mystery (Book 2) 99 cents  

Anna Castle:
Murder by Misrule: A Francis Bacon Mystery (Book 1) Free
Death by Disputation: A Francis Bacon Mystery (Book 2) 99 cents  

Ruth Myers:
No Game for a Dame: Maggie Sullivan Mystery  (Book 1) Free  
Maximum Moxie: Maggie Sullivan Mystery (Book 5) 99 cents

Sarah Woodbury:
The Good Knight: The Gareth and Gwen Medieval Mysteries (Book 1) Free 
The Uninvited Guest: The Gareth and Gwen Medieval Mysteries (Book2) 99 cents  
The Fourth Horseman: The Gareth and Gwen Medieval Mysteries (Book3) 99 cents 

Happy reading,

M. Louisa Locke