Murder on Nob Hill: 1 (Sarah Woolson Mysteries 1)

The year is 1880 the place San Francisco. Intelligent outspoken Sarah Woolson is a young woman with a goal and the fortitude to achieve it. She has always dreamed of becoming a lawyer. The trouble is everyone believes women belong in the home---that it is not only unnatural but against Gods will for them to seek a career.. When Sarah finagles an interview with one of the citys most prestigious law firms no one thinks she has a prayer of being hired. Except Sarah. Using her brains and a little subterfuge she not only manages to become the firms newest (and only female) associate attorney she also acquires her first client---a lovely young society matron suspected of brutally stabbing to death her wealthy but abusive husband. Sarah is sure of her clients innocence but the revelation of the womans secret lover may make that innocence impossible to prove.. When four more victims fall prey to the killers knife Sarah fears she has bitten off more than she can chew. Bucking her boorish employer and the judicial system Sarah finds herself embroiled in shady legal maneuvers a daring Chinatown raid and a secret and very scandalous sex club in this irresistible blend of history romance and murder.