M. Louisa Locke

Dandy and the Dognappers: A Victorian San Francisco Novella
Series: Victorian San Francisco Mystery. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 26,530. Language: English. Published: August 25, 2023 by M. Louisa Locke. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
It is the fall of 1882, and dogs are disappearing from the streets of San Francisco at an alarming rate. Could they be victims of an over-zealous pound keeper or are they being stolen and then returned for a hefty ransom? Once more, the intrepid Boston Terrier Dandy and his young friends are on the case. The events in this novella come immediately after the events in Mrs. Stein Solves a Crime...
Victorian San Francisco Mysteries: Books 5-7
Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 349,250. Language: English. Originally Published: November 10, 2021 by M. Louisa Locke. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Mystery, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
Annie and Nate Dawson, joined by family and friends from the O'Farrell Street boardinghouse, investigate crimes in books 5-7 of the romantic and suspenseful Victorian San Francisco Mystery series. This boxed set includes Pilfered Promises, Scholarly Pursuits, and Lethal Remedies. Pilfered Promises: The future looks promising for Annie and Nate Dawson. Nate's law practice is taking off, Annie...
Victorian San Francisco Mysteries: Books 1-4
Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 468,190. Language: English. Originally Published: July 22, 2016 by M. Louisa Locke. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Mystery, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth, Fiction » Romance » Historical » Victorian
This USA Today bestselling boxed set brings together the first four books in the romantic and suspenseful Victorian San Francisco Mystery series: Maids of Misfortune, Uneasy Spirits, Bloody Lessons, and Deadly Proof. Maids of Misfortune introduces Annie Fuller, a young widow who runs the O'Farrell Street boardinghouse and supplements her income by giving financial and domestic advice as Madam...
Tides of Acerba: Paradisi Chronicles
Series: Caelestis Series, Book 4. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 107,820. Language: English. Originally Published: May 9, 2023 by M. Louisa Locke. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
Two moons, too many demands, too little time. In this action-adventure, science fiction novel, Mei Lin Yu, the future Promise Keeper, is thrust into a position of power and responsibility she never wanted as she struggles to determine who she can trust. Is it Jaxon, a man with his own responsibilities and trust issues, Dr. Eleanor, a scientist in the ruthless pursuit of knowledge, Grandaunt...
Between Mountain and Sea: Paradisi Chronicles
Series: Caelestis Series, Book 1. Price: Free! Words: 88,520. Language: English. Originally Published: August 17, 2015 by M. Louisa Locke. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Coming of age, Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
Mei Lin Yu should have been looking forward to the next stage in her life. As a descendant of one of the Founding Families who led the exodus from a dying Earth and now rule New Eden, Mei's choices are endless. But she has never felt part of the Yu Family or the world of technological marvels and genetic perfection the Founders created. All that will change the summer she spends at Mynyddamore...
Violet Vanquishes a Villain: A Victorian San Francisco Novella
Series: Victorian San Francisco Mystery, 4.5. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 29,500. Language: English. Originally Published: December 10, 2015 by M. Louisa Locke. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
In this novella, Annie and Nate Dawson, the amateur sleuths from M. Louisa Locke's cozy Victorian San Francisco Mystery series, are visiting Nate's family at their ranch near San Jose, California. What was supposed to be a pleasant romantic interlude for the two of them, plus a chance for Annie to get to know Nate's family better, turns serious when a crime is uncovered. And, as in Locke's...
Victorian San Francisco Stories: Volume 1
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 36,500. Language: English. Originally Published: December 11, 2014 by M. Louisa Locke. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Mystery, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
This is a collection of four short stories by USA Today bestselling author, M. Louisa Locke, set in the gas-lit world of Victorian San Francisco. Madam Sibyl's First Client was written specifically for this collection and it finds Annie Fuller, the young widowed boardinghouse keeper, just starting her career as a pretend clairvoyant. In Dandy Detects, the Boston Terrier that lives in Annie...
Beatrice Bests the Burglars
Series: Victorian San Francisco Mystery. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 12,030. Language: English. Originally Published: November 25, 2019 by M. Louisa Locke. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
Beatrice O'Rourke, the O'Farrell Street boardinghouse cook has the afternoon off. What could possibly go wrong? This short story in the USA Today bestselling Victorian San Francisco Mystery series features one of the most beloved characters in the series, as well as giving the reader a tour of the boardinghouse itself. Chronologically, this story come soon after the events in Scholarly Pursuits...
Victorian San Francisco Novellas
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 77,670. Language: English. Originally Published: November 7, 2018 by M. Louisa Locke. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
This collection brings together three novellas by USA Today bestselling author, M. Louisa Locke: Violet Vanquishes a Villain, Kathleen Catches a Killer, and Dandy Delivers.These shorter works contain the light romance, humor, and suspense of the novels in her cozy Victorian San Francisco mystery series and are an excellent introduction to the gas-lit world of late 19th-century San Francisco...
Kathleen Catches a Killer: A Victorian San Francisco Novella
Series: Victorian San Francisco Mystery, 5.5. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 31,060. Language: English. Originally Published: November 26, 2017 by M. Louisa Locke. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
As 1880 comes to a close, the O'Farrell Street boardinghouse servant, Kathleen Hennessey, expects to spend a quiet week while her employers, amateur sleuths Annie and Nate Dawson, are off spending the Christmas holidays with Nate's family. However, when she agrees to help out one of her friends, Kathleen discovers that a simple case of a servant being dismissed without notice has turned into a...
Dandy's Daring Deeds: A Victorian San Francisco Boston Terrier Collection
Series: Victorian San Francisco Mystery. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 37,700. Language: English. Originally Published: January 27, 2022 by M. Louisa Locke. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Mystery, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Historical » General
Dandy's Daring Deeds is a collection of already published stories featuring the Boston Terrier, Dandy, a recurring character in the Victorian San Francisco Mystery series. This collection consists of the short story, Dandy Detects, an excerpt from the novel, Uneasy Spirits, the novella, Dandy Delivers, and the short story, Dandy's Discovery. Dandy Detects: In the fall of 1879, San Francisco...
Mrs. O'Malley's Midnight Mystery
Series: Victorian San Francisco Mystery. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 16,840. Language: English. Originally Published: June 8, 2020 by M. Louisa Locke. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
Life in 1881 San Francisco is difficult if you are a poor widow like Mrs. O'Malley, especially when you have seven children and are forced to live in one of the crowded neighborhoods South of Market. Late one night, as she sat at the window of her crowded flat, sewing and worrying, she noticed something strange going on across the street. Her decision to investigate will have unexpected...
Lethal Remedies: A Victorian San Francisco Mystery
Series: Victorian San Francisco Mystery, Book 7. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 127,210. Language: English. Originally Published: May 23, 2020 by M. Louisa Locke. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
San Francisco 1882: Annie has a problem. She has a beautiful child, a loving husband, a well-run boardinghouse with a supportive circle of friends and family, but she's feeling restless and unhappy. Dr. Charlotte Brown, the doctor who delivered Annie's baby, has a different problem. The Pacific Dispensary for Women and Children, the clinic and hospital she co-founded, is being threatened by...
Maids of Misfortune: A Victorian San Francisco Mystery
Series: Victorian San Francisco Mystery, Book 1. Price: Free! Words: 108,630. Language: English. Originally Published: December 6, 2014 by M. Louisa Locke. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Romance » Historical » Victorian
First book in the USA Today bestselling Victorian San Francisco Mystery series. It's the summer of 1879, and Annie Fuller, a young San Francisco widow, is in trouble. Annie's husband squandered her fortune before committing suicide five years earlier, and one of his creditors is now threatening to take the boardinghouse she owns to pay off a debt. Annie Fuller also possesses a secret. She...
Dandy's Discovery: A Victorian San Francisco Story
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 10,330. Language: English. Originally Published: March 28, 2020 by M. Louisa Locke. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
Something odd is happening at the O'Farrell Street boardinghouse, and Annie is worried that her new baby might be in danger. But never fear, Dandy, the Boston Terrier, will discover the culprit and all will be well. Dandy's Discovery is a short story in the Victorian San Francisco Mystery series, and it comes right after Beatrice Bests the Burglars.
Madam Sibyl's First Client: A Victorian San Francisco Story
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 10,460. Language: English. Originally Published: September 13, 2015 by M. Louisa Locke. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
In this short story, the young widow, Annie Fuller, is meeting her first client as the pretend clairvoyant, Madam Sibyl. If she can't convince this man that she can make money for him with her financial advice, she doesn't know how she will be able to hold onto her boarding house and her precious independence. Madam Sibyl's First Client is the prequel to Maids of Misfortune, the first book in...
Pilfered Promises: A Victorian San Francisco Mystery
Series: Victorian San Francisco Mystery, Book 5. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 100,700. Language: English. Originally Published: July 19, 2016 by M. Louisa Locke. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth, Fiction » Romance » Historical » Victorian
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...
Deadly Proof: A Victorian San Francisco Mystery
Series: Victorian San Francisco Mystery, Book 4. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 111,720. Language: English. Originally Published: February 16, 2015 by M. Louisa Locke. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Romance » Historical » Victorian
First Place Winner of the 2018 Chanticleer Mystery and Mayhem Historical Mystery Award and fourth book in the USA Today bestselling Victorian San Francisco Mystery series. It's the summer of 1880, and once again the lovely and inquisitive businesswoman, Annie Fuller, is helping San Francisco lawyer and fiancé, Nate Dawson, with a troublesome case. Nate's client, a female typesetter accused of...
Dandy Delivers: A Victorian San Francisco Novella
Series: Victorian San Francisco Mystery, 6.5. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 16,970. Language: English. Originally Published: April 30, 2018 by M. Louisa Locke. Categories: Fiction » Coming of age, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
It's January 1881, and while the grown-ups in Annie and Nate Dawson's San Francisco O'Farrell Street boardinghouse are busy with their own affairs, two boys and a dog find their own adventure. Ian Hennessey, a poor boy from South of Market, who is trying to shoulder a man's responsibilities, gets in trouble, and his best friend, Jamie Hewitt, does what he can to help. But it is Jamie's young...
Tilly Tracks a Thief
Series: Victorian San Francisco Mystery. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 13,560. Language: English. Originally Published: December 10, 2020 by M. Louisa Locke. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
December 1881, San Francisco: Tilly, the young O'Farrell Street boardinghouse servant, is determined to discover who's stealing from houses in the neighborhood before the thefts ruin the holidays for everyone. This short story in the Victorian San Francisco Mystery series comes after the short story Mrs. O'Malley's Midnight Mystery and right before Lethal Remedies, the seventh novel in the series.
Caelestis Series: Books 1-3 Plus Aelwyd: Home
Price: $8.99 USD. Words: 269,480. Language: English. Originally Published: April 6, 2018 by M. Louisa Locke. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera, Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
Mabel Yu is one of the ten Founding Families of the Paradisi Project who left a dying Earth to settle New Eden. Jaxon is Mabel's friend and a Reacher, the group of men and women who were responsible for the success of the Paradisi Project. Mei Lin Yu is Mabel's descendent who discovers a secret about her family and the native Ddaerans that will forever change her destiny. Silence is a sentient...
Mr. Wong Rights a Wrong: A Victorian San Francisco Story
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 7,870. Language: English. Originally Published: September 12, 2015 by M. Louisa Locke. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Humor & comedy » General, Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
Annie Fuller, the young boarding house keeper and reluctant clairvoyant, met the kind, older Chinese servant, Mr. Wong, in the midst of her investigations into a mysterious death in Maids of Misfortune, the first book in Locke's Victorian San Francisco Mystery series. In this short story, Annie Fuller turns to Mr. Wong for help in solving a puzzle that could have life or death consequences...
Mrs. Stein Solves a Crime: A Victorian San Francisco Novella
Series: Victorian San Francisco Mystery. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 38,210. Language: English. Originally Published: July 14, 2022 by M. Louisa Locke. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
Esther and Herman Stein were the first people to move into Annie Dawson's San Francisco O'Farrell Street boardinghouse and are two of Annie biggest supporters. Yet, Esther has always disapproved of how Annie's work, first as Madam Sibyl and now as a financial advisor, has led her into criminal investigations. All this will change when Esther is confronted with a crime of her own to solve...
Victorian San Francisco Stories: Volume 2
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 54,680. Language: English. Originally Published: January 7, 2021 by M. Louisa Locke. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Mystery, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
This is the second volume of short stories by USA Today bestselling author, M. Louisa Locke, set in the gas-lit world of Victorian San Francisco. The first story, Beatrice Bests the Burglars, finds Mrs. O'Rourke, the O'Farrell Street boarding house cook, home alone and in danger. In Dandy's Discovery, something odd is happening at the boardinghouse, but Dandy, the Boston Terrier, discovers the...
Aelwyd: Home
Series: Caelestis Series. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 10,830. Language: English. Originally Published: June 9, 2020 by M. Louisa Locke. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Coming of age, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
In the late 21st century, ten Founding Families fulfilled a nearly century-long plan to escape the dying Earth and travel to the Andromeda galaxy to establish a new society on the planet they named New Eden. One of those first settlers, Kammie Gunther, is finding it particularly hard to adapt. Born on a space station, having never before breathed fresh air, seen a horizon, or felt wind and rain...
Dandy Detects: A Victorian San Francisco Story
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 7,030. Language: English. Originally Published: September 22, 2013 by M. Louisa Locke. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Anthologies » Mystery, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Historical » General
In the fall of 1879, San Francisco swelters under a heat wave while Barbara Hewitt, a reserved school-teacher, uncovers a mystery with the help of her son's dog, the Boston Terrier, Dandy. This short story, which comes chronologically after Maids of Misfortune, is set in the 19th century, gas-lit world of Annie Fuller and her O'Farrell Street boarding house, which Locke writes about in her...
Uneasy Spirits: A Victorian San Francisco Mystery
Series: Victorian San Francisco Mystery, Book 2. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 140,350. Language: English. Originally Published: December 17, 2014 by M. Louisa Locke. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Romance » Historical » Victorian
Second book in the USA Today bestselling Victorian San Francisco Mystery series. In this sequel to Maids of Misfortune, it is the fall of 1879, and when the young San Francisco widow, Annie Fuller, is asked to investigate a fraudulent trance medium, she comes to a troubling realization. Despite Annie's growing financial success as the clairvoyant Madam Sibyl, she feels increasingly guilty about...
Bloody Lessons: A Victorian San Francisco Mystery
Series: Victorian San Francisco Mystery, Book 3. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 112,240. Language: English. Originally Published: December 4, 2014 by M. Louisa Locke. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Romance » Historical » Victorian
Third book in the USA Today bestselling Victorian San Francisco Mystery series. In Bloody Lessons, the third book in the bestselling Victorian San Francisco mystery series, it's the winter of 1880, and the public school teachers of San Francisco are under attack: their salaries slashed and their competency and morals questioned in a series of poison pen letters. Annie Fuller, the reluctant...
Scholarly Pursuits: A Victorian San Francisco Mystery
Series: Victorian San Francisco Mystery, Book 6. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 123,290. Language: English. Originally Published: March 5, 2019 by M. Louisa Locke. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Romance » Historical » Victorian
"Something is rotten in the state of Berkeley" --1881 Blue and Gold Yearbook, University of California: Berkeley In Scholarly Pursuits, the sixth full-length novel in the USA Today best-selling Victorian San Francisco mystery series, Locke explores life on the University of California: Berkeley campus in 1881, where Laura and her friends face the remarkably modern problems of fraternity hazings...
Entangled Threads: A Victorian San Francisco Mystery
Series: Victorian San Francisco Mystery, Book 8. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 127,460. Language: English. Originally Published: January 25, 2022 by M. Louisa Locke. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
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"Oh what a tangled web we weave. When first we practice to deceive." --Sir Walter Scott It is San Francisco in the summer of 1882, and Annie and Nate Dawson have finally found a good balance between the demands of family and work. Nate has an interesting legal case defending a young woman who has been left out of her mother's will. Annie is looking into whether the financial difficulties facing...
The Misses Moffet Mend a Marriage: A Victorian San Francisco Story
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 7,280. Language: English. Originally Published: September 22, 2013 by M. Louisa Locke. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Anthologies » Mystery, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Humor & comedy » General, Fiction » Historical » General
This short story, set in 1879 San Francisco, features two elderly dressmakers, Miss Minnie and Miss Millie Moffet, who face a moral dilemma of no small dimensions. They turn for advice to Annie Fuller, a widowed boardinghouse owner who supplements her income as a clairvoyant, Madam Sibyl. For those who have read Locke's any of her Victorian San Francisco mysteries, this story is set after Maids...

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