Shirley Tallman
Death on Telegraph Hill
In this fifth and latest in the Sarah Woolson mystery series, we follow the young attorney and her brother Samuel…
Scandal on Rincon Hill
In 1881, San Francisco is still a rough and rowdy city, with bordellos lining the streets near the busy wharves…
The Cliff House Strangler
In this, Tallman’s third Sarah Woolson mystery, the spunky late 19th-century attorney deals with the titled investigation while working to…
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