Publisher: Sunbreaks Publishing
Pages: 232
Genre: Mystery / Suspense
The wife of a wealthy San
Francisco shipping magnate leads a secret life but someone is threatening to
expose her. Private eye Sam Slater and his wife and partner, Amelia, meet
a mysterious woman in a large red hat during a train trip. The woman approaches
him pleading for help because she‘s receiving anonymous notes quoting Bible
verses which are becoming more and more ominous with each passing day. Her
secrets have been discovered but by whom? What really happens behind closed
doors in Room 505 in a swanky downtown hotel?
Sam is willing to take the case
but Amelia warns that this woman is nothing but trouble. What does the woman
really want? She’s been watching Sam for months and has a scheme to pull him
into her world.
Find out in the latest Sam Slater
Mystery “San Francisco Nights” set in the fall of 1959. It’s the seventh book
in the series but is a heart pounding stand alone whodunit.
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My thoughts:
San Francisco Nights is the seventh book in the Sam Slater series. Each book can be read as a stand alone. I did miss reading books five and six, but the author did a good job of catching me up to what Sam and Amelia had been up to in those books. Once again, the sleuthing duo is plunged into an intriguing mystery that kept me guessing. The appeal of this series has always been the setting. Going back to simpler times where it took foot work and phone calls to solve a case is always fun to experience. This author does a great job of immersing the reader in the time period. This is a solid addition to the series and one I highly recommend
Book Excerpt:San Francisco Nights is the seventh book in the Sam Slater series. Each book can be read as a stand alone. I did miss reading books five and six, but the author did a good job of catching me up to what Sam and Amelia had been up to in those books. Once again, the sleuthing duo is plunged into an intriguing mystery that kept me guessing. The appeal of this series has always been the setting. Going back to simpler times where it took foot work and phone calls to solve a case is always fun to experience. This author does a great job of immersing the reader in the time period. This is a solid addition to the series and one I highly recommend
The neon lights of the slumbering
city gave the streets an eerie blue and purple glow in contrast to the dark
store fronts. The three story brick office building was abandoned and the
normally bustling street at the entrance to San Francisco’s Chinatown was quiet
with only an occasional dark solitary figure walking by. The ancient black
metal fire escapes seemed to cling to the facade of the building like an alien
spider web.
The interior of the building was
dark except in the private eye’s office on the top floor where a single desk
lamp provided the only circle of illumination against the thick blackness of
the night. The lamp provided just enough light to brighten the frosted glass on
the door with the name “Amelia Slater” on it.
Amelia sat at her desk in the
dimly lit office shuffling through some papers, but she was unnerved and having
trouble concentrating. She took a drag on her cigarette before placing it
on the rim of the ash tray. The rising smoke appeared blue as it swirled lazily
into the air.
She suddenly stopped, thinking she
heard a sound. After intently listening for a few moments, Amelia concluded her
imagination was playing tricks on her. She turned her attention back to the
items on her desk but was interrupted again by a prolonged squeak of the outer
office door opening.
Then Amelia heard the outer door
softly closing, followed by the sound of quiet footsteps on the hardwood floor.
The sound seemed to stop just outside the door to her office.
Amelia could see the intruder’s
silhouette through the frosted glass window. Her eyes were riveted on the door
as the door knob to her office began to slowly turn.
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About the Author
Greg Messel has spent most of his
adult life interested in writing, including a career in the newspaper business.
He won a Wyoming Press Association Award as a columnist and has contributed articles
to various magazines. Greg lives in Edmonds, Washington on Puget Sound with his
wife Jean DeFond.
Greg has written ten novels. His
latest is "San
Francisco Nights" which is the seventh in a series of mysteries set in
1959 San Francisco. "Shadows In The Fog," "Fog City
Strangler," "San Francisco Secrets," "Deadly Plunge"
are sequels to the first book in the series "Last of the Seals." His
other three novels are "Sunbreaks," "Expiation" and
"The Illusion of Certainty." For a more detailed summary of Greg's
novels go to www.gregmessel.com
Greg is currently working on his
eleventh novel "Dreams That Never Were" which is not part of the
mystery series.
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