Ambrose Bierce and the Trey of Pearls
- ISBN-10
- 0670032700
- ISBN-13
- 9780670032709
- Category
- Journalists
- Pages
- 216
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Viking Adult
- Author
- Oakley M. Hall
Description
The arrival in San Francisco of three beautiful young suffragists could be linked to the murder of Reverend Divine, a famed advocate of spiritualism, the female vote, and temperance, and Ambrose Bierce and Tom Redmond join forces to investigate a possible dark side to the three girls--free love, a harem, and some of San Francisco's leading citizens with dark pasts to hide.
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