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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Lockes books always have a good plot and are historically interesting to read.
a feel good book to read. great insight to old San Francisco and it’s habits.
great series
Love these characters
A good insight into the time period.
like her style, the characters are realistic and the time period makes the story interesting giving you insight into how “victorian” the times were in san francisco. I have read all of her novels- they keep your interest.
I found this an enchanting read, something like Walton Mountain where the values of the past in a slower paced world are great. The author really caught the spirit of Thanksgiving and Christmas past in the little details, really transported me back. The main characters were kind, generous, good people. This was a very pleasurable book to read.
I really enjoy these Victorian era mysteries, and this one reveals how San Francisco is growing, and along with growth comes new problems, including shoplifting in the developing mercantiles. This mystery has plenty of twists and turns before the murderer is revealed, and a big family news is also part of the ending.
Love this series!
The second book I’ve read by this author. I like the historical aspects (early times in San Francisco), but the story and characters speak to modern events and people. Well written, fun to read.
I enjoy this series because of the well-researched (as far as I can judge) historical setting.
I have enjoyed this whole series. Well written
Like the newspaper clippings which add to the atmospher of the book. good mystery and characters.
Have read five of this series, always enjoy her writing and characters.
Loved it.
Whodunit set in Victorian times, with all the confines for women.
Never I would read a period piece and enjoy it so much. This author painted such a fine view of life as it was, you can almost expect to step out the door and see horse drawn carriages waiting to whisk someone off to the shops. It was a nice pleasant read despite the crimes to be solved. Not so much as the who done what but the way they solved it. Loved it and am for sure jotting down the other titles to search for.
I’ve enjoyed this series, and recommend it highly!
another great book in the series
Having read all the earlier books in this series and some of the shorter related novellas, I found myself again enjoying the way Louisa Locke weaves together Victorian era history of San Francisco area and the characters she has created to populate these unique mysteries. I look forward to more from this author.