<p>This is the second volume of short stories by <em>USA Today</em> bestselling author M. Louisa Locke set in the gas-lit world of Victorian San Francisco. The first story <em>Beatrice Bests the Burglars</em> finds Mrs. O’Rourke the O’Farrell Street boardinghouse cook home alone and in danger. In <em>Dandy’s Discovery</em> something odd is happening at the boardinghouse but Dandy the Boston Terrier discovers the culprit and all is well. In <em>Mrs. O’Malley’s Midnight Mystery</em> a poor widow’s determination to investigate the strange behavior of her neighbors has unexpected consequences. In the fourth short story<em> Tilly Tracks a Thief</em> it’s Christmas and the young Irish boardinghouse servant decides to find out who’s stealing from houses in the neighborhood before the thefts ruin the holidays for everyone.</p><p>This collection of short stories can be read as an introduction or a companion to the full-length novels in the cozy historical Victorian San Francisco Mystery series and chronologically it comes between the events of the sixth full-length mystery <em>Scholarly Pursuits</em> and the seventh full-length mystery <em>Lethal Remedies</em>.</p>