Entangled Threads Published Today

Entangled Threads, the eighth full-length novel in my Victorian San Francisco Mystery series, is now available to purchase as an ebook and in print on all major retailers. As most of you know, my goal in writing the Victorian San Francisco Mystery series has always been to feature those women who lived and worked in San Francisco at the end of the nineteenth century. I had done a statistical analysis of the 1880 United States manuscript census for my dissertation, and my intention was to illustrate the lives of these women through my mysteries. This was the reason I came up with a female protagonist who would have a reason to investigate crimes that occur in different occupational settings. At the beginning of the series, this protagonist, Annie Fuller, is a widow who owned a boardinghouse and supplemented her income as a Read more…


Next Victorian San Francisco Mystery up for Pre-order

Finally, I have completed Entangled Threads, the eighth novel in the Victorian San Francisco Mystery series, and it has gone up for pre-order, to be published January 25, 2022. I have also just put out a boxed set (as ebook and audiobook) of the previous three books in the series (Pilfered Promises, Scholarly Pursuits, and Lethal Remedies) in case you want to use the next month to get caught up and ready for Entangled Threads. See information below:   Entangled Threads: A Victorian San Francisco Mystery   “Oh what a tangled web we weave. When first we practice to deceive.” –Sir Walter Scott It is San Francisco in the summer 1882, and Annie and Nate Dawson have finally found a good balance between the demands of family and work. Nate has an interesting legal case defending a young woman who Read more…


Fall Retrospective

Dear Reader, I started this blog in December of 2009, nearly twelve years ago, when I published my first mystery novel, Maids of Misfortune. At the time, I had no idea if I was going to continue writing this blog, because I had no idea if this book was going to be the last book I published. I confess, my writing has been much more consistent than my blogging in the last few years, but both certainly out-performed my expectations. I am currently writing the eighth full-length novel in my Victorian San Francisco Mystery series, Entangled Threads, which explores the female occupation of woolen textile factory workers. If all goes well, the book should be published by January, perhaps up for pre-order before that. This book, along with 8 short stories and 2 novellas, brings the total books in the series Read more…


Boxed Set 99 Cents and other Discounts

Sales: This USA Today bestseller brings together the first four books in the Victorian San Francisco Mystery series: Maids of Misfortune, Uneasy Spirits, Bloody Lessons, and Deadly Proof. This boxed set of four cozy, historical mysteries, set in late nineteenth-century San Francisco, are appropriate for teens to adults, and it is a welcome companion to the Victorian San Francisco Stories Vol 1 and 2 and the Victorian San Francisco Novellas, which feature beloved minor characters. 99 cents on Kindle, Apple Books, Kobo, Nook, GooglePlay until 7/20 ********* For those of you who are into audiobooks, Maids of Misfortune is permanently discounted to $3.99 – $4.99 on most retailers, and for the rest of July the Victorian San Francisco Novellas collection of Violet Vanquishes a Villain, Kathleen Catches a Killer, and Dandy Delivers is only $2.99 on Apple Books and Chirp. ********* A reminder that Read more…


Boxed Set 99 cents

Victorian San Francisco Mysteries: Books 1-4 This USA Today bestseller brings together the first four books in the romantic and suspenseful Victorian San Francisco Mystery series: Maids of Misfortune, Uneasy Spirits, Bloody Lessons, and Deadly Proof. Maids of Misfortune (over 3400 reviews, 4.2 stars) introduces Annie Fuller, a young widow who runs the O’Farrell Street boardinghouse and supplements her income by giving financial and domestic advice as Madam Sibyl. When one of Madam Sibyl’s clients dies in mysterious circumstances, Annie goes undercover as a domestic servant to find out the truth about his death. Against his better judgment, Nate Dawson, the Voss family lawyer, finds himself drawn into helping in her investigations, alternatively fascinated and frustrated by Annie’s independent nature. Uneasy Spirits (over 1000 reviews, 4.4 stars) finds Annie Fuller and Nate Dawson, assisted by the boardinghouse maid, Kathleen, delving Read more…