Genre: Mystery
Published: 2010
Personal rating: 4/5
Yearly short story count: 1
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, Dandy.
This is a story from the author of the full novel Maids of Misfortune, and this short story uses a minor character from that novel as the main character. I liked the fact that because a minor character from Maids of Misfortune was used (and not the main character), I didn’t feel like I was missing something even though I haven’t read that novel. But after reading this charming short story I would very much like to read Maids of Misfortune. I did figure things out before Barbara Hewitt did, but that didn’t dampen my enjoyment in the least.
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