No comfort for the lost, by Nancy Herriman
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Label
No comfort for the lost, by Nancy Herriman
Language
eng
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other
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Main title
No comfort for the lost
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Responsibility statement
by Nancy Herriman
Series statement
Mysteries of Old San Francisco, 1
Summary
After serving as a nurse in the Crimea, privileged British-born Celia Davies left her family for marriage to a handsome Irishman. Patrick brought her to San Francisco's bustling shores but then disappeared and is now presumed dead. Determined to carry on, Celia partnered with her half-Chinese cousin Barbara to open a free medical clinic for women who have nowhere else to turn. Celia's carefully constructed peace crumbles when one of her Chinese patients is found brutally murdered, and Celia's hot-headed brother-in-law stands accused of the crime. American Civil War veteran, Detective Nicholas Greaves is intent on discovering the killer of the girl, whose ethnicity and gender render her as powerless in death as they did in life. As their inquiries take them from Chinatown's squalid back alleys to the Barbary Coast's violent shipping docks to the city's gilded parlors, Celia and Nicholas begin to suspect that someone very close to them holds the key to a murderous conspiracy. 2015
Target audience
specialized
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