<p>In the fall of 1879 San Francisco swelters under a heat wave while Barbara Hewitt a reserved school-teacher uncovers a mystery with the help of her son’s dog the Boston Terrier Dandy.</p><p><br></p><p>This short story which comes chronologically after <em>Maids of Misfortune</em> is set in the 19th century gas-lit world of Annie Fuller and her O’Farrell Street boarding house which Locke writes about in her <em>USA Today</em> bestselling Victorian San Francisco Mystery series.</p>