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 … 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.
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The historical background really adds to the stories
The authors’ sentence structuring was a little difficult to follow.
Always a good mystery. I enjoy the history of San Francisco. Always a clean story with good moral characters and of course the bad guys.
Historical novel that includes women in unusual roles for the time.
An excellent series
Annie and Nate are the owners of a boarding house, which really has little to do with the plot other than adding a vast array of characters to the story. There are several storylines going on simultaneously, which sometimes makes it tricky to remember who is who and where exactly they fit into the story. The book is set in San Francisco in 1880, and Annie is asked to figure out why money and items are disappearing from The Silver Strike Bazaar. Also, her husband Nate is a lawyer working on cases of his own. The stories intertwine, and there are several endings in different places to the different stories. I’m sure someone who can keep track of names would enjoy this story. I had a hard time with that part of it.
Her books are like cinnamon rolls. Lovingly crafted. Perfectly delicious. Comforting but not predictable mysteries.
Excellent series which is set in a period of CA history that is little known to most. Good characters, well-described.
Very engaging mystery and a clean read to boot! What a great combination! Loved all the twists and turns with so many suspects!
Love the decade
I love this series!
This was a stand alone sequel. I read the previous book and now this one. Both are clean, good editing, interesting plot.
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Good historical mystery in a slightly unusual home setting.
so so but interesting enough to speed read through
It was a sweet cozy read.
A delightful who done it with a Christmas theme. Makes you aware of the changing times in the early 1900s and how what happened in the story is very possible during that time of the world.
I love this whole series! The characters are likable and the story draws you in. Can’t say enough – just read it. You’ll be hooked too!
I really enjoy all this author’s books, and both genres that she writes.
I like all of her books. She has a way a putting you there. (late 1800’s). they are fast reads