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Murder on Nob Hill

By: Shirley Tallman
Narrated by: Anna Fields
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 This book is one of a new series featuring Sarah Woolson, an intelligent, outspoken young attorney in San Francisco in 1889.

Sarah Woolson has always dreamed of becoming a lawyer. The trouble is that, in 1880, everyone believes a woman belongs in the home, married and taking care of babies. Using her brains and a little bit of subterfuge, Sarah somehow manages to finagle her way into one of the city's most prestigious law firms, becoming an associate attorney and acquiring her very first client, a lovely young society matron accused of brutally stabbing to death her wealthy but abusive husband. Sarah's sure of her client's innocence, but with the discovery of her secret lover, it becomes nearly impossible to prove.

When four more victims fall prey to the killer's knife, Sarah fears she's bitten off more than she can chew. Bucking her boorish employer, the judicial system, and the very people who should have been on her side, Sarah finds herself embroiled in shady legal maneuvers, a daring Chinatown raid, a secret and very scandalous sex club, and the most powerful and dangerous tong lord in the city's Chinese District.

©2004 Shirley Tallman (P)2004 Blackstone Audiobooks Historical Mystery Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Detective Fiction Law
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Enjoyed the story and plot twist and the historical elements. However, I nearly gave up because of the awful Scottish accent of one of the characters. Hopefully any future stories in this series will either use a narrator with a better accent or just read that character in her/his own voice

Interesting narrative about a woman breaking into the male domain of the law

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