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The Mystery in San Francisco
Gertrude Chandler Warner
Children's Books
While visiting their aunt and uncle in San Francisco the Alden children visit Fisherman's Wharf. After they ride on their uncle's boat they discover something fishy is going on in the wharf and someone doesn't want Uncle Andy to catch any fish.
M*A*S*H Goes to San Francisco
Part #10 of "M*A*S*H" series by Richard Hooker
M*A*S*H Goes to San Francisco
The madcap medics run amuck in the Bay City!
Grinder (San Francisco Steel, #3)
KJ Dahlen
Book THree OF The Novella SeriesSan Francisco SteelGrinderWe're being hunted, my MC and me. There is a killer after us and he's got friendsThen I see a woman in our backyard. I grab her up just before Anaconda's men get to her. She isn't hurt but she too, is being hunted by this killer.She's got something he wants, an old pirate's journal. He thinks it's a treasure map and wants to claim the treasure he left behind a hundred years ago.She's also got more information on Anaconda then he knows, information that can bring him down once and for all.We have to protect her to protect ourselves. It's up in the air who is going to win this fight.AndreaI came here to find more of the story I was working on. By going to the beach that morning, I put myself in danger I didn't realize.When he grabbed me and took me inside the gate, I felt a spark of something I'd never felt before. Then he told me what was going on. I was stunned. I had stumbled into a nightmare.With my help, they began putting the pieces together of what was going on and who was behind it all.Can we all survive this tragedy without spilling blood? This bastard Anaconda, doesn't seem to think we need to stay alive, but Grinder and his men are determined to prove him wrong. Whether we survive or not is in the hands of fate and Karma is going to slap someone down hard.
Texas (San Francisco Steel, #8)
KJ Dahlen
#8...The final book in San Francisco Steel SeriesTexasTime is running out for my brothers and me. We know Venom is coming back to claim what he thinks is his. He's lost too much to give up now. And we've lost too much to quit and just hand everything we're fighting for over to him. We're fighting for our very lives here.We have found the Triad's gold but the rest of it? We don't even know who it belongs to.Then "she" finds us and we don't know the first thing about her but she knows all about us. Especially about Slammer but he knows nothing about her at all.Her timing couldn't be worse, she and Venom come back at the same time, now she'll either live or die with us and we still don't know who she really is… but she's mine.PoppyWhen I was four, I was told my mother died. I went to live with my grandparents and for the next fourteen years I was blamed for her death every single day. They hated me for some reason.When I was eighteen, I found my grandparents had lied to me all these years. Someone sent me an old diary of my mom's. My mom hadn't died when I was four, my grandparents stole me from her. They kicked her out for loving my father.I knew then what I had to do. I had to find my family. Leaving behind the only family I knew was freeing somehow. I packed my bags and I left the farm where they kept me as a prisonerI set out to find my mom.What I found instead were two graves. My parents died a long time ago, then someone told me I still had family out there. I just had to find him.But I came at the wrong time, all hell was breaking loose and I was about to be caught in the crossfire.
All I Want (San Francisco Strikers Book 5)
Stephanie Kay
All I Want (San Francisco Strikers, book 5)
Pilfered Promises: A Victorian San Francisco Mystery (Victorian San Francisco Mysteries Book 5)
Part #5 of "Victorian San Francisco" series by M. Louisa Locke
It is the winter 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 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 don’t look so promising. Not if he can’t figure out how to stop whoever is stealing from his department store, the Silver Strike Bazaar.However, when he hires the Dawsons to investigate, they discover that behind the doors of his “Palace of Plenty,” nothing is quite what it seems.Pilfered Promises, a sweet cozy historical mystery, is the fifth novel in the Victorian San Francisco Mystery series featuring Annie and Nate Dawson and their friends and family in the O’Farrell Street boarding house.
Surviving San Francisco
Susan Oloier
Literature & Fiction / Young Adult / Biographies & Memoirs
A small town girl survives San Francisco after she hits a cat and falls for a handsome veterinarian.When 23-year-old Leah Newland accepts a job in San Francisco and runs away from her small-town Illinois life, she expects things to change for the better. What she doesn’t expect is to lose her job, adopt a cat she hit with her car, and fall for a sexy and seemingly unavailable veterinarian. Suddenly, going back to the Midwest seems better than surviving San Francisco.
Skating the Line (San Francisco Strikers Book 2)
Stephanie Kay
Skating the Line (San Francisco Strikers, book 2)
Maids of Misfortune
Part #1 of "A Victorian San Francisco Mystery" series by Locke, M. Louisa
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 has 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 it is suicide brought upon by bankruptcy, but Annie believes Voss has been murdered and that his assets have been stolen.Nate Dawson has a problem. As the Voss family lawyer, he would love to believe 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 historical mystery series, followed by Uneasy Spirits, and Bloody Lessons. Her short stories, Dandy Detects, The Misses Moffet Mend a Marriage, and Mr. Wong Rights a Wrong, are based on characters from the novels.**
Keep My Heart in San Francisco
Amelia Diane Coombs
Sparks fly when two ex-best-friends team up to save a family business in this swoon-worthy and witty debut perfect for fans of Jenn Bennett and Sarah Dessen.Caroline "Chuck" Wilson has big plans for spring break—hit up estate sales to score vintage fashion finds and tour the fashion school she dreams of attending. But her dad wrecks those plans when he asks her to spend vacation working the counter at Bigmouth's Bowl, her family's failing bowling alley. Making things astronomically worse, Chuck finds out her dad is way behind on back rent—meaning they might be losing Bigmouth's, the only thing keeping Chuck's family in San Francisco. And the one person other than Chuck who wants to do anything about it? Beckett Porter, her annoyingly attractive ex-best friend. So when Beckett propositions Chuck with a plan to make serious cash infiltrating the Bay Area action bowling scene, she accepts. But she can't shake the nagging feeling that she's...
San Francisco: The Complete Trilogy
Lila Dubois
Romance / Science Fiction & Fantasy
When Christiana discovered the secret BDSM club she threw caution to the wind and snuck in, hoping only to watch the things she'd been fantasizing about. Until James. Dominant and charming, he's everything she never knew she needed. And he wants her. Three amazing nights together, but then the party's over. He thinks he'll see her again. Christiana walks away, knowing this is the end. James waits for the woman he's fallen madly in lust with. She never arrives. And when he asks, it's revealed there is no member named Christiana. He should let it go, let her go. But James can't shake the feeling that she's in danger. That she needs him. When he finds her, the reunion is more explosive than either could imagine. Christiana agrees to be his sub. He'll show her the world. All she has to do is submit... And not fall in love.
Love in San Francisco ; Unconditionally
Shirley Hailstock
LOVE IN SAN FRANCISCOFor foundation director Ellie Hamilton, dancing with gorgeous Blake Thorn at a charity ball means gambling with heartache. She can't reveal the part she played in changing his life. Manager of the House of Thorn's San Francisco store, Blake avoids commitment since a tragic accident, but Ellie's an intriguing challenge. Their nights are filled with passionate discovery...but can love withstand the truth?UNCONDITIONALLYMeghan Gaines's unorthodox teaching style has nothing in common with by-the-book English professor Leo Wolfe. Yet electricity crackles between them. When their mutual desire finally erupts, it's even hotter than Meghan dreamed. Though pitted against each other at work, they're perfectly in sync in the bedroom. But the secret Leo's been keeping has the power to drive a rift between them for good...
Our Lady of Darkness
Fritz Leiber
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Middle-aged San Francisco horror writer Franz Westen is rediscovering ordinary life following a long alcoholic binge. Then one day, peering at his apartment window from atop a nearby hill, he sees a pale brown thing lean out his window…and wave. This encounter sends Westen on a quest through ancient books and modern streets, for the dark forces and paramental entities that thrive amidst the towering skyscrapers of modern urban life…and meanwhile, the entities are also looking for him.
Lily and the Great Quake: A San Francisco Earthquake Survival Story
Veeda Bybee
Lily is a twelve-year-old Chinese American girl living in San Francisco's Chinatown when an earthquake destroys her home and sets her neighborhood on fire. Separated from her parents, Lily must help her younger brother and neighbor escape San Francisco. As the city burns, Lily struggles to keep her group close as they face peril and racism. Will Lily be reunited with her parents and make it across the bay to the safety of Oakland? Readers can learn the real story of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake from the nonfiction backmatter in this Girls Survive story. A glossary, discussion questions, and writing prompts are also provided.
Shotgun (San Francisco Steel, #2)
KJ Dahlen
San Francisco Steel MCBook Two/ Novella SeriesShotgunI'm VP of the MC Steel Renegades...When we come under attack, we don't know who we're up against.The only thing we do know is that a man with a snake tattoo on his hand is killing our brothers. He wants us dead but why… we don't know.Then she shows up. Who she is and what she wants we don't know yet, but we will.When her secrets are revealed she holds a piece of the why and the who, can we figure out the rest of it before it's too late? Our lives depend on finding those answers.RiverI've stayed hidden for too long but now it's time for me to come out of the shadows. I came here to find out about my brother, he died a long time ago and I never really knew why. I came to find answers.The MC finds me after a fire and shots ring out but I didn't have anything to do with either. I never realized the MC didn't believe me. I always thought I would be innocent until proven guilty, guess that didn't work here.
He's So Bad, a San Francisco Love Story
Z. L. Arkadie
Rock bottom is a lonely place for this unapologetic billionaire playboy. But could true love, the one thing he's always rejected, be his saving grace? There's a line a man shouldn't cross to get what he wants. I crossed it. And as a result, I lost everything that matters.I was settled on lying down and taking my punishment like a man when an old friend dropped an opportunity in my lap. I guess I'm not ready to die after all, at least not yet.That's when I met Carter Remington, a woman who's way too good for me. She's beautiful, sexy, and unique. But I'm her boss, and she's my buddy's favorite cousin. I made the mistake of crossing him once, and I'm not going to do it twice. That's why I decided to keep my distance, but that's getting harder to do. Until one day, I can't stop myself. I partake.What's the worst thing that could happen? I'm about to find out.He's So Bad, A San Francisco Love Story is the sixth book in the LOVE in...
A Little Girl in Old San Francisco
Amanda M. Douglas
Nonfiction
Leopold is delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. This means that we have checked every single page in every title, making it highly unlikely that any material imperfections – such as poor picture quality, blurred or missing text - remain. When our staff observed such imperfections in the original work, these have either been repaired, or the title has been excluded from the Leopold Classic Library catalogue. As part of our on-going commitment to delivering value to the reader, within the book we have also provided you with a link to a website, where you may download a digital version of this work for free. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience. If you would like to learn more about the Leopold Classic Library collection please visit our website at www.leopoldclassiclibrary.com
Spider (San Francisco Steel, #6)
KJ Dahlen
SpiderSan Fransisco SteelBook #6The war rages on...Spider is the Medic for The Steel Renegades MC. He has seen it all now, in this current war with an unseen enemy. He has treated burns, gunshot wounds and broken bones. His infirmary has been too full to even fit another patient.Yes, he'd seen it all and now, nothing surprises him... Until she walks in. He knows immediately that she will change his life forever.
San Francisco Values
James Turner
Horror / Short Stories / Fiction
Think the real estate market's rough now? It's nothing compared to San Francisco's heady bubble days. Just ask Ella Barker, the city's top broker. She's used to the hourly price increases. What does surprise her are the splashy murders surrounding the sale of the San Francisco's priciest mansion ever. Ella wants to close the sale. The murderer prefers to kill the deal, no matter what the price.Brenna Strachan is getting ready to turn 30. For a demon, this is the time of maturing. She’ll gain all her demon powers and have eternity to learn to use them. But maturing has a drawback, for the next month, she’s mortal. Prophesy says she’ll become one of the most powerful beings on Earth. There’s a long list of beings who fear and loathe the power that Brenna might gain and are willing to take advantage of her status as a mortal. However, when one of her own family members is involved in plotting her death, it’s becomes about more than just survival.
Slow Road to San Francisco
David Reynolds
History
Travel with David Reynolds as he sets off to explore route US Route 50, one of the few remaining two-lane highways running right across the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Driving as slowly as safety permits, stopping frequently and often going backwards to have a second look at something glimpsed in passing, Reynolds talks to people on the streets, in bars and cafes, motels and gas stations. They talk about everything from cannabis in Colorado to slavery, from Aaron Burr to Marilyn Monroe via Truman Capote, and everyone has something to say about Donald Trump. Beautifully observed, with candour, insight and humour, this is a vivid and timely portrait of small-town USA as we head towards the US elections.
Benjamin (Boys In Blue - San Francisco, #1)
Mary Potter
Welcome to San Francisco, home to the Boys In Blue. They lay down their lives everyday to serve and protect, but little do the know what the Golden City has in store for them when it comes to love.BenjaminI love this town, and I love its people. The trouble with loving and being in love—well that's a different story.I'm a police officer in the Golden City. I'm a person of flesh and blood and needs when I take off the uniform. I know sometimes it intimidates women. Sometimes they're attracted, but never long enough to have a relationship.I wasn't looking for love the night I went to the nightclub downtown to check out the new band. I didn't intend anything out of the ordinary.That's when I saw her. She wasn't the typical club girl. She wasn't interested in finding anyone special. When we met, for the first time in my life, I think San Francisco just got a whole lot more interesting.SarahThis isn't my scene. I'm not interested in the hottest new band.But a girl has to eat and pay the rent. I'm a freelance writer and I only go to the club that night because the music blog paid for a story.I must endure; I must carry on, because I know in my heart things will change.I'm an introvert, and a realist, and the band isn't terrible. I need a few words—enough to pay the bills until I hear back about my manuscript.I can't get the feature story on the band. When I knew things were changing, I didn't expect Benjamin. He's a little older, he's incredibly handsome. And for the first time in my life, I'm at a loss for words.A Steamy and Sweet short-story insta-love romance with an alpha police hero and a younger curvy woman with an HEA. NO cliffhangers. NO cheating.Jump into this series now to follow all of the Boys In Blue - San Francisco.
San Francisco Chinatown
Philip P Choy
San Francisco Chinatown is the first "insider's guide" to one of America's most celebrated ethnic enclaves by an author born and raised there. Both a history of America's oldest Chinese community and a guide to its significant sites and architecture, San Francisco Chinatown traces the development of the neighborhood from the city's earliest days to its post-quake transformation into an "oriental" tourist attraction as a pragmatic means of survival. Written by architect and Chinese American studies pioneer Philip P. Choy, and featuring photographs and walking tours, the book details the triumphs and tragedies of the Chinese American experience in the United States.
Mammoth (San Francisco Steel, #4)
KJ Dahlen
Book Four In The Novella SeriesSan Francisco SteelMammoth is on his way home after checking the club's business when a single gunshot rings out and the big man goes down on a deserted stretch of road. The sniper rides away leaving the big man in the ditch.Only the road isn't as deserted at the shooter thinks it is.A few minutes later, a figure creeps out of the shadows and checks him out, he's down but not out but he is hurt. Zoe drags him back into the shadows with her. She then manages to get him back to where she is staying and cleans him up but she knows he needs more care than she can give him. But she also knows she can't take him to the hospital. The whole town knows the Renegades are going to war with the street gang that no one talks about.Mammoth tells her to take him back to the club, he can get help there.Zoe manages to get him into her truck even as large as he is, then she stops by the place where she's hidden his wrecked bike and loads it into the back of her truck. Taking the back roads, she makes it as far as the compound where Booker who is on patrol finds them.
The Travelers Detective Club San Francisco Bay Area: the Travelers Detective Club, Book 3
Sussi Voak
Jeremy and Devon find themselves facing off against a familiar foe in The Travelers Detective Club San Francisco Bay Area. The magical hat that slipped through their fingers in Paris is now in Oakland, CA, not far from Jeremy's house. But how to get it? And how to keep landmarks and symbols of the city of San Francisco safe from a man who wants to cause world-wide financial chaos, or perhaps just have the world's most awesome train set? Devon and Jeremy, together with Thing and Birdbrain, magical creatures who continue to develop new powers, traverse the Bay in an attempt to stay one step ahead of their adversary. Joining them is a new detective who inherits a magic buddy with a personality conflict. Can the three detectives chase down the magical hat before the Golden Gate Bridge disappears? Will they capture the hat and destroy it, or will it slip from their hands again, causing worldwide mayhem? And are there any long-term consequences to being shrunk to the size of a...
Slammer (San Francisco Steel, #1)
KJ Dahlen
A New Novella Series by KJ Dahlen6 shortbooks all based in one town.2 books released every month...First up, is San Franciso SteelSlammerI am the president of the Steel Renegades MC. I rebuilt the club after the old leader damn near got us wiped off the map.We went legit and we're building our ranks again and becoming a force to be dealt with in San Francisco.Then I met her, Ivy. She got inside my head faster than I would have liked but fate has its own way with some things.She had a secret we didn't know about until it was almost too late to stop it, not we got big trouble coming our way. Problem is we don't know who or why.Can we find that out and stop it or will this be a battle no one wins?IvyI was beaten up… then blown up and when I woke, I didn't know my own name.And that was all before I looked into his eyes. Then I didn't know who I feared more the man who haunted my dreams or Slammer?One was threatening to kill me while the other made me feel things I'd never felt before.One thing was certain, only one of these men could win this particular fight. Either way, my life was at stake, my life or my heart and I had no idea which one would win.
Booker (San Francisco Steel, #5)
KJ Dahlen
The Fifth installment of The San Francisco Steel MC Novella seriesBookerI joined this club with two strikes against me and now I have a feeling I'm facing my third strike. Three strikes and you're out right?I will do anything to protect my club, my brothers and my woman.The day I met her was a day I'll never forget. She came into the club and certain circumstances made it impossible for her to leave.We discovered a traitor among us but it wasn't the one we thought. Now only the worst of the worst of Venom's Tears is left alive and they are coming for us.We only have one chance to get this right… I only have one chance left, but they'll have to get through me to get to my brothers. I can't lose this battle. I have to protect them and her.QuincyMy life has been one shitstorm after another, until I found my way to training service dogs. My brother came home from the war with severe PTSD. He was the only one who ever cared whether I lived or died so I had to find a way to help him.I found I had a natural talent for working dogs and that became my life. Then I met Booker.I also found I had a bullseye on my back from a warring MC after Booker's MC. I could leave or I could stay with him.I decided to stay…Road Captain- Booker aka Malachi Crew 31 years old. 6'4" .. Weighs in at 290 ...shoulder length red hair and scruffy beard, green eyes.....Quincy Marlow dog trainer .. 28 yrs old 5'5" long red auburn hair... Friend to Ivy Choler for 7 yrs.. has a brother, former marine wounded, and has a hard time being accepted due to PTSD…helps with her dogs as well and becomes close friends to the MCs
My Heart Belongs in San Francisco, California
Janice Thompson
Religion & Spirituality / Romance / Nonfiction
Journey now to San Francisco, California, of 1853 where...An English socialite finds more treasure than expected on her trip to the American West. When Abby Effingham becomes stranded in the middle of the California gold rush, her money depletes quickly even while her prospects for marriage increase daily. But Abby is on a mission to find her mother—not romance. Will a ridiculous scandal keep her from traveling on, or will it wake up an aloof innkeeper to the treasure right under his roof? Samuel Harris runs a moderately priced hotel where Abby and her family's elderly butler find shelter. He is looking forward to when she—and her parade of suitors—move on, though he concedes to let her work in his restaurant. When the sassy socialite is in trouble, will Samuel come to her rescue or find himself alone? More from My Heart Belongs in Series...My Heart Belongs in Fort Bliss: Priscilla's Reveille by...
San Francisco Boy
Lois Lenski
Children's Books
A Chinese boy struggles to adapt to life in the big city In Chinatown, the streets are crowded and the air is filled with delicious smells. Felix Fong and his family just moved to San Francisco from a town in the countryside, and they have never seen so many people. Felix's siblings are thrilled by the constant hustle and bustle, but he misses their old house. He liked having grass to play in and a pond to swim in. The city is overwhelming, and it doesn't feel like home. But soon Felix begins to have adventures in San Francisco. He makes friends and even gets a job. Before he knows it, he forgets about being homesick and learns to fall in love with the city.
I Survived the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906
Part #5 of "I Survived" series by Lauren Tarshis
The terrifying details of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake jump off the page! Ten-year-old Leo loves being a newsboy in San Francisco -- not only does he get to make some money to help his family, he's free to explore the amazing, hilly city as it changes and grows with the new century. Horse-drawn carriages share the streets with shiny new automobiles, new businesses and families move in every day from everywhere, and anything seems possible. But early one spring morning, everything changes. Leo's world is shaken -- literally -- and he finds himself stranded in the middle of San Francisco as it crumbles and burns to the ground. Does Leo have what it takes to survive this devastating disaster? The I SURVIVED series continues with another thrilling story of a boy caught in one of history's most terrifying disasters!
Benjamin (Boys In Blue - San Francisco, #1)
Mary Potter
Welcome to San Francisco, home to the Boys In Blue. They lay down their lives everyday to serve and protect, but little do the know what the Golden City has in store for them when it comes to love.BenjaminI love this town, and I love its people. The trouble with loving and being in love—well that's a different story.I'm a police officer in the Golden City. I'm a person of flesh and blood and needs when I take off the uniform. I know sometimes it intimidates women. Sometimes they're attracted, but never long enough to have a relationship.I wasn't looking for love the night I went to the nightclub downtown to check out the new band. I didn't intend anything out of the ordinary.That's when I saw her. She wasn't the typical club girl. She wasn't interested in finding anyone special. When we met, for the first time in my life, I think San Francisco just got a whole lot more interesting.SarahThis isn't my scene. I'm not interested in the hottest new band.But a girl has to eat and pay the rent. I'm a freelance writer and I only go to the club that night because the music blog paid for a story.I must endure; I must carry on, because I know in my heart things will change.I'm an introvert, and a realist, and the band isn't terrible. I need a few words—enough to pay the bills until I hear back about my manuscript.I can't get the feature story on the band. When I knew things were changing, I didn't expect Benjamin. He's a little older, he's incredibly handsome. And for the first time in my life, I'm at a loss for words.A Steamy and Sweet short-story insta-love romance with an alpha police hero and a younger curvy woman with an HEA. NO cliffhangers. NO cheating.Jump into this series now to follow all of the Boys In Blue - San Francisco.
Lifeline
Part #12 of "I Found My Heart In San Francisco" series by Susan X Meagher
Lifeline is the twelfth installment of the I Found My Heart in San Francisco series. A significant trauma changes lives, and Jamie and Ryan recently learned that lesson the hard way. The press has been relentless in their pursuit of the couple and both women are more determined than ever to maintain their privacy. But that determination hasn't made things any easier. Ryan's withdrawn and angry and Jamie's at a loss for how to reach her. She desperately wants to support her, but it's very tough to maintain her own mental health, much less be able to pull Ryan out of whatever dark place she goes when things are tough. A lovely break over the New Year with Mia and Jordan helps a lot, but when they return the pressure begins anew. Can they summon the courage and strength to be each other's lifeline back to normalcy?
Deadly Proof: A Victorian San Francisco Mystery
Locke, M. Louisa
It’s the summer of 1880, and once again the lovely and inquisitive businesswoman, Annie Fuller, is helping San Francisco lawyer and beau, Nate Dawson, with a troublesome case. Nate’s client, a female typesetter accused of murdering her boss, refuses to help in her own defense. Complicating matters, Nate’s sister Laura insists on getting involved in the potentially dangerous investigation, while Laura’s friend Seth Timmons, troubled Civil War veteran, finds himself a witness for the prosecution. Will Nate be able to win his first big case? Will Laura and Seth find some way of becoming friends? And finally, will Annie and Nate’s upcoming nuptials be derailed by their attempts to track down a killer? Old friends and new readers alike will enjoy Deadly Proof, this fourth installment of the cozy Victorian San Francisco Mystery series that blends light romance, suspense, and a glimpse into the lives of late 19th century women who worked.
Monogamy
Part #13 of "I Found My Heart In San Francisco" series by Susan X Meagher
Things are looking up.Ryan's back in the saddle—the effects of her trauma slowly fading. Jamie's thoroughly relieved to have her back. She's not as happy that her hyperactive lover has to jump into another sport. Ryan's sure softball will help end her collegiate career on an up note. Will the third time be the charm?Jordan's working harder than she thought possible. But it's not having Mia by her side that wears on her. Mia feels the same, and Jordan soon learns that Mia's not able to delay gratification—no matter the consequences.Wrapping up their last semester at Cal involves a tremendous amount of work for the high-achieving women. The question is how to accomplish all they're called to do while having time for each other.Love is the key, and expressing that love in words, actions and deeds is what will keep them together.
Suckers Go To Hell Book # 4 (San Francisco Vampires)
Jessica McBrayer
What do you wear to a
Holiday dinner party in Hell with your in-laws? When the Vampire Hannah falls
in love with Diel, a hot Demon, things warm up in more ways than one. Her Life-mate’s
parents, insist on meeting Hannah, so it’s off to Hell they’re bound. First
Lily, Hannah’s BFF and a fashionista, takes the Goth girl in hand. Who knew she
had legs? Everyone is stunned and ambiguous about the new look, a designer babe
Ganja Girl. Of course you can’t go to Hell for the Holidays without your Hell
Hound and you probably need to bring a devastatingly handsome Djinn friend, to
get your back, just in case the in-laws aren’t as friendly as they claim to be.
Hannah’s new duds aren’t the only surprises in store in this humorous
paranormal Christmas tale.
Paper Phoenix: A Mystery of San Francisco in the '70s (A Classic Cozy--with Romance!)
Michaela Thompson
FIRST COMES DIVORCE, THEN COMES MURDER… Or at least sweet thoughts of murder. Maggie Longstreet has plenty of them after slimy, ambitious Richard trades her in for a more recent model. She’s so depressed she can barely get out of bed when Larry Hawkins, a seemingly not-at-all depressed acquaintance, commits suicide out of the blue. Suddenly Maggie goes on high alert, remembering something her evil ex said about Larry—something highly suspicious. So she starts asking questions… And from there, it's just a short segué to bracing new developments… involving danger and law-breaking. Fortunately, Maggie isn’t alone in her adventure—a very attractive, much younger man proves a lot more fun than Richard ever was. Set in the’70s, this cozy mystery has a bit of that Mad Men feel of women on the brink of something… big. And completely unexpected.
Coalescence - SF3
Part #3 of "I Found My Heart In San Francisco" series by Meagher, Susan X
In the first two books of this series, Jamie and Ryan forged a friendship (Awakenings), and realized that they had fallen deeply in love (Beginnings). This book brings the two of them together for their honeymoon in idyllic Pebble Beach. Here they commit themselves to sharing their lives together. They begin to experience and explore the emotional and physical expressions of their love, as well as the conflicts and compromises that plague all new relationships.
San Francisco Noir 2
Part #39 of "Akashic Noir Cities" series by Peter Maravelis
Fiction / Short Stories / Mystery
Classic reprints from: Ambrose Bierce, Frank Norris, Mark Twain, Jack London, Dashiell Hammett, Fletcher Flora, Bill Pronzini, Joe Gores, Janet Dawson, Oscar Peñaranda, Seth Morgan, Craig Clevenger, and others.Peter Maravelis is a native San Franciscan with a life-long involvement in the art and literary scenes. He programs the events calendar at City Lights Bookstore and is editor of the first volume of San Francisco Noir. He’s been known to occasionally moonlight with private investigators.From Publishers WeeklyThis classics entry in Akashic's noir anthology series boasts an impressive roster of names, including such standard authors as Mark Twain, Jack London, Ambrose Bierce and Dashiell Hammett. Unsurprisingly, Hammett, one of the fathers of American hard-boiled fiction, supplies the best story, The Scorched Face, which sets his Continental Op on the trail of two missing women. Marcia Muller's Deceptions makes good use of the Golden Gate Bridge's appeal to potential suicides in a short but gripping exploit of her series PI, Sharon McCone. Readers looking for lesser-known talent will welcome Janet Dawson's Invisible Time, which presents a grim view of life on the streets for two young people. Don Herron's gritty Knives in the Dark, with its Chandler-like plot line, convincingly depicts Prohibition-era tough guys. As usual, the overall caliber of the writing in this reprint volume is superior to the average all-original book in the series. (Feb.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. About the AuthorPeter Maravelis is a native San Franciscan with a life-long involvement in the art and literary scenes. He programs the events calendar at City Lights Bookstore and is editor of the first volume of San Francisco Noir. He?s been known to occasionally moonlight with PIs. He was the editor of the first volume of San Francisco Noir.
The San Francisco Splash
David A. Kelly
Mystery / Sports
Time for a seventh-inning stretch! The San Francisco Splash is book #7 in our early chapter book mystery series, where each book is set in a different American ballpark! Splash! A hit soars over the walls of the San Francisco ballpark on the bay and drops into the water. But then Mike and Kate hear another, much larger splash nearby . . . and this time it's not a baseball. It's a man overboard! And when he's pulled from the water, the old-time ballplayer discovers his World Series ring is gone! Is it at the bottom of the bay? Or was it somehow stolen by a long-ago rival? The San Francisco Splash includes several pages of "Dugout Notes," fun facts about San Francisco's recently built ballpark.Cross Ron Roy's A to Z Mystery series with Matt Christopher's sports books and you get the Ballpark Mysteries: fun, puzzling whodunits aimed at the younger brothers and sisters of John Feinstein's fans.
Fidelity - SF6
Part #6 of "I Found My Heart In San Francisco" series by Meagher, Susan X
Fidelity is the sixth installment in a twenty-six book series following the lives of Jamie Evans and Ryan O'Flaherty. Jamie, Ryan, their friends, families and the times they live in are chronicled in the series, which was created for the reader who hates to have a book end just when it's getting good. In Fidelity, the new lovers are forced to determine if absence really does make the heart grow fonder. Jamie's headed to Rhode Island to back-up her vow to spend more time with her mother, and Ryan's going to Santa Cruz to prepare for the upcoming volleyball season. A week isn't a long time when it's measured against a lifetime commitment, but in the "can't breathe without you" stage of their nascent relationship they view their separation with a mixture of dread and resignation. One person who's very happy to have the couple separated is Jamie's father. He takes the opportunity to make his objections to their bond more than clear-in his usual manipulative way.
Dandy Detects: A Victorian San Francisco Story
M. Louisa Locke
It's 1879, San Francisco swelters under a heat wave and Barbara Hewitt, a reserved school-teacher, uncovers a mystery with the help of a dog named Dandy. This short story is set in the gas-lit Victorian world created by Locke in her historical mystery, Maids of Misfortune. For those of you already familiar with that world, welcome back, for those who are not, welcome!
San Francisco, Baby!
Ward Jenkins
Two babies go on two big-city adventures, and there are so many exciting sights to see! In New York, Baby!, Times Square, Broadway, Central Park, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art number among the top destinations; while in San Francisco, Baby!, the Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman's Wharf, and Alcatraz are some of the main attractions. Rhyming text and charming illustrations make these picture books perfect for babies and parents who are always on the go, or who have big-city dreams!
San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics
Peter Maravelis
Fiction / Short Stories / Mystery
Classic reprints from: Ambrose Bierce, Frank Norris, Mark Twain, Jack London, Dashiell Hammett, Fletcher Flora, Bill Pronzini, Joe Gores, Janet Dawson, Oscar Peñaranda, Seth Morgan, Craig Clevenger, and others.Peter Maravelis is a native San Franciscan with a life-long involvement in the art and literary scenes. He programs the events calendar at City Lights Bookstore and is editor of the first volume of San Francisco Noir. He’s been known to occasionally moonlight with private investigators.From Publishers WeeklyThis classics entry in Akashic's noir anthology series boasts an impressive roster of names, including such standard authors as Mark Twain, Jack London, Ambrose Bierce and Dashiell Hammett. Unsurprisingly, Hammett, one of the fathers of American hard-boiled fiction, supplies the best story, The Scorched Face, which sets his Continental Op on the trail of two missing women. Marcia Muller's Deceptions makes good use of the Golden Gate Bridge's appeal to potential suicides in a short but gripping exploit of her series PI, Sharon McCone. Readers looking for lesser-known talent will welcome Janet Dawson's Invisible Time, which presents a grim view of life on the streets for two young people. Don Herron's gritty Knives in the Dark, with its Chandler-like plot line, convincingly depicts Prohibition-era tough guys. As usual, the overall caliber of the writing in this reprint volume is superior to the average all-original book in the series. (Feb.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. About the AuthorPeter Maravelis is a native San Franciscan with a life-long involvement in the art and literary scenes. He programs the events calendar at City Lights Bookstore and is editor of the first volume of San Francisco Noir. He?s been known to occasionally moonlight with PIs. He was the editor of the first volume of San Francisco Noir.
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Part #2 of "San Francisco Dog-Walking Group" series by Susan Donovan
Romance / Fiction / Contemporary
Members of a dog-walking group vow to find happiness without men in their lives-who needs a reckless man when you have the love of a loyal dog? But when Giner Hanson meets a sexy photographer, all bets are off!
Hatchet Men: The Story of the Tong Wars in San Francisco’s Chinatown
Dillon, Richard
Richard Dillon, one of California’s premier historians, tells the compelling story of San Francisco’s exotic pre-1906 Chinatown when vicious hoodlum gangs held sway. Chinatown, as demonstrated by Dillon’s fast-paced narrative, became a cauldron of chaos teeming with thugs, prostitutes, gamblers, and warlords preying on scores of helpless victims.
As the Tong Wars ripped through San Francisco’s Chinatown, the Chinese inhabitants lived under a reign of terror. Opium was abundant as were “slave girls,” women imported for the purpose of prostitution. Hatchet-wielding killers silenced any opposition.
It was a lurid and violent chapter in American history—and, in an era when the customs of an Asian people were considered foreign and frightening to begin with, the very word “Chinatown” came to suggest the mysterious, the sinister.
The truth that survived the earthquake of 1906 was both colorful and tragic. Richard Dillon exposes the plight of the Chinese “average man,” trapped between the Tongs that terrorized and cast their shadow over him, and a government that disastrously misunderstood him.
Richard H. Dillon has written more than 20 books about California and the West.