A sampling of mysteries set in 19th-century San Francisco When you think of “mysteries set in San Francisco,” what comes to mind? Maybe your thoughts turn to Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon, or you envision noir-ish protagonists such as Bill Pronzini’s Nameless Detective, Kelli Stanley’s Miranda Corbie, or Mark Coggins’ August Riordan walking […]
Author Archives: Ann Parker
Pistols and Petticoats: Eight Crime-Fighting Female Protagonists of the Old West
Pistols and Petticoats Eight Crime-Fighting Female Protagonists of the Old West When it comes to crime fighters in the Wild West of yore, I’ll bet you a dollar to a dime the image that most commonly springs to mind is some version of a steely-eyed gent with a Stetson on his head, boots on […]