Uneasy Spirits (Victorian San Francisco Mystery, #2)

by M Louisa Locke

[MurderByDeath]

I found this to be a solid story with a very good, well thought-out plot. Set in San Francisco in 1879 with interesting characters. It was a bit long, or perhaps I found it slow moving, but I found myself thinking I was never going to be finished with this book, even though I can honestly say I enjoyed the story. What I can say definitely though is that the editing was woeful. As near as I can figure, it appears this story started out life as a Word document with Track changes turned on - only when it was printed the deleted words/phrases were printed along side the replacement words/phrases. Really, I doubt the story was proofread at all well before going to the printers.

Overall, I'd recommend this book to someone who enjoys historical, cozy mysteries and is able to turn a blind eye to weak editing.