Determined to carve out a respectable life for herself in the raw and unforgiving world of 1882 San Francisco, widowed Mrs. Kelly bakes for the Palace Hotel and rents an apartment with Miss Smith, who manages a fancy glove shop. But a fateful trip to fishermanâs wharf with her friend and the discovery of a dead woman tangled in a net with a bible, once again throws her into the cooly critical Detective Max Fisherâs path.
Although Mrs. Kelly has no intention of pursuing the case, Miss Smithâs employer is brutally slain and a hidden stash of gold coins surfaces in the glove shop. Detective Fisherâs suspicious gaze turns toward Miss Smith when cluesâfrom the vicious Barbary Coast to a chilling orphanage to treacherous whaling shipsâtie her to both murders.
Desperate to exonerate her friend, though Detective Fisher doesnât trust her, Mrs. Kelly faces danger as she unravels the truth and reveals that Miss Smithâs role in the murders may be more complicated than previously imagined. The more Mrs. Kelly uncovers, the closer she comes to being trapped in the killerâs net of greed, betrayal, and revenge.
Determined to carve out a respectable life for herself in the raw and unforgiving world of 1882 San Francisco, widowed Mrs. Kelly bakes for the Palace Hotel and rents an apartment with Miss Smith, who manages a fancy glove shop. But a fateful trip to fishermanâs wharf with her friend and the discovery of a dead woman tangled in a net with a bible, once again throws her into the cooly critical Detective Max Fisherâs path.
Although Mrs. Kelly has no intention of pursuing the case, Miss Smithâs employer is brutally slain and a hidden stash of gold coins surfaces in the glove shop. Detective Fisherâs suspicious gaze turns toward Miss Smith when cluesâfrom the vicious Barbary Coast to a chilling orphanage to treacherous whaling shipsâtie her to both murders.
Desperate to exonerate her friend, though Detective Fisher doesnât trust her, Mrs. Kelly faces danger as she unravels the truth and reveals that Miss Smithâs role in the murders may be more complicated than previously imagined. The more Mrs. Kelly uncovers, the closer she comes to being trapped in the killerâs net of greed, betrayal, and revenge.