It is November of 1880, and the future looks promising for Annie and Nate Dawson. Nateâs 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 Franciscoâs newest grand emporium, the holidays are shaping up to be a dismal failure if he canât 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 Livingstonâs âPalace of Plenty,â 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 OâFarrell Street boarding house. Lockeâs shorter works, found in Victorian San Francisco Stories and Victorian San Francisco Novellas, feature minor characters from the series.