Woman of Ill Fame
by Erika Mailman
257 pages· 2007· ISBN 9781597140515
About
Fiction. Looking for a better life, Nora Simms sails from the East Coast to gold rush San Francisco with a plan for success: to strike it rich by trading on her good looks. But when a string of murders claims several of her fellow "women of ill fame," Nora grows uneasy with how closely linked all of the victims are to her. Even her rise to the top of her profession and a move to the fashionable part of town don't shelter her from the danger, and she must distinguish friend from foe in a race to discover the identity of the killer. "One of the best books I've read in a long time. Nora Simms is hilarious, heart-breaking, tough, perceptive... " -Diana Gabaldon, author of Outlander.
Nominated for a Pushcart Press Editor's Book Award
Nominated for a Pushcart Press Editor's Book Award
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