<p>It’s January 1881 and while the grown-ups in Annie and Nate Dawson’s San Francisco O’Farrell Street boardinghouse are busy with their own affairs two boys and a dog find their own adventure. Ian Hennessey a poor boy from South of Market who is trying to shoulder a man’s responsibilities gets in trouble and his best friend Jamie Hewitt does what he can to help. But it is Jamie’s young Boston Terrier Dandy who saves the day.</p><p> </p><p>This short novella comes right after the events in <em>Pilfered Promises </em>and <em>Kathleen Catches a Killer</em> however as a stand alone it can act as an introduction to the Victorian San Francisco Mystery series by <em>USA Today </em>bestselling author M. Louisa Locke.</p>