I have enjoyed this series and am sorry that is the last book. I like that I find out information about San Francisco that didn't know before, like there was a bullring in the Mission District in the 1850's. I also liked reading about Telegraph Hill in the 1880's since I've been up there a few times and have even climbed the Filbert Steps. ( )

Not quite as good as her other books - perhaps because it was missing the legal drama. I still like the reoccurring characters though.

The Sarah Woolson series set in 1890's San Francisco is an interesting series that always brings in the history of San Francisco and the growing United States. In this novel, Sarah's brother, Samuel is shot, and soon the dead bodies are everywhere on Telegraph Hill. Sarah is determined to find the shooter of Samuel, but she is also fighting a rich Mexican in his attempts to build a bullring in the Mission district. Conditions could not get murkier except a good friend is jailed as a murderer, and Sarah as his attorney must find the real murderer. I find Tallman's books seeped in reality and capturing the essence of that time in San Francisco, when the city is trying to emerge from the Wild West image and provide a cultural center. Tallman shows both sides of the town in her books. ( )