Pilfered Promises: A Victorian San Francisco Mystery

M. Louisa Locke

Nov 2016 · A Victorian San Francisco Mystery Series Book 5 · M. Louisa Locke

About this ebook

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 Today bestselling 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 Stories and Victorian San Francisco Novellas, feature minor characters from the series.

Ratings and reviews

Very good read. But towards end - the book lost its appeal for me to read more on the romance but more on the back story. Almost 5 stars. If character building had more interest in keeping it from seeming too contrived & much like any other read.

Enjoy the story of Anne and husband Nate as they unraveled the crimes of theft at one of the large department stores in San Francisco and the murder and story behind it of their dress designer, Marie F. and the influences that the black slaves had with their sewing and design of both designer and the new ready to wear in America.

Delightful read! Witty and fun characters who solve two mysteries that have bearing on each other. Solid historical references support the plot action. this is the second book I have read by this author, and I look forward to reading the next!