Murder Among the Rubble: A 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Murder

by Tam May

Overview

San Francisco is in ruins — but can the worst disaster the city has ever known cover up a murder?

On a quiet morning in 1906, an earthquake of horrendous magnitude shakes one of California's most vibrant cities. Buildings crumble to the ground. Fires destroy everything from South of the Slot's dilapidated buildings to Nob Ill's most ornate mansions, leveling nearly eighty percent of San Francisco.

Radical suffragist and progressive reformer Elsie Blessings calls her friends Adele Gossling and Nin Branch to her side at the Presidio's refugee camp to help destitute women and children as San Francisco begins the slow process of rebuilding. Adele's brother, Jackson, and Sheriff Hatfield accompany them as volunteers to help maintain law and order amidst the chaos of the ruined city.

While citizens come together to pick up the pieces of their homes and lives among the rubble, somebody thinks it's just the right time for murder.

Can Adele and Nin help solve the crime of a dead woman with only a jade pendant, a fan, and a cryptic note to go by?

Pick up your copy of this engaging mystery set amid one of California's most devastating natural disasters!

Includes an Author's Note with background on the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906!
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Don't forget to check out the other books in the Adele Gossling Mysteries!

Product Details

BN ID:	2940186089360
Publisher:	Dreambook Press
Publication date:	12/28/2024
Series:	Adele Gossling Mysteries , #7
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	295,847
File size:	812 KB

About the Author

Writing has been Tam May’s voice since the age of fourteen. She writes stories set in the past that feature sassy and sensitive women characters. Her fiction gives readers the experience of women struggling to carve out a life and an identity during times when their options were limited. Tam's stories are set mostly around the Bay Area because she adores sourdough bread, Ghirardelli chocolate, and San Francisco history.

Tam is the author of the Adele Gossling Mysteries which takes place in the early 20th century and features suffragist and epistolary expert Adele Gossling whose talent for solving crimes doesn’t sit well with her town’s conventional ideas about women’s place. Tam is also working on a new series, the Grave Sisters Mysteries about three sisters who own a funeral home and help the county D.A. solve crimes in a 1920s small California town, set to release in 2025.

In addition, Tam writes historical fiction about women breaking loose from the social and psychological expectations of their era. She has a 4-book series set in the 1890s titled the Waxwood Series and a post-World War II short story collection available.

Although Tam left her heart in San Francisco, she lives in the Midwest because it’s cheaper. When she’s not writing, she’s devouring everything classic (books, films, art, music), concocting yummy plant-based dishes, and exploring her new riverside town.

For more information about Tam May and her books, check out her website at www.tammayauthor.com.