Woman of Ill Fame, Erika Mailman
Woman of Ill Fame, Erika Mailman
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Woman of Ill Fame

Author: Erika Mailman

Narrator: Tiffany Morgan

Unabridged: 11 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/23/2017


Synopsis

Looking for a better life, prostitute Nora Simms arrives in Gold Rush San Francisco with a plan for success: to strike it rich by trading on her good looks. But when a string of murders claims several of her fellow women of ill fame, Nora grows uneasy with how closely linked all of the victims are to her. She must distinguish friend from foe in a race to discover the identity of the killer.

About Erika Mailman

Erika Mailman's novel The Witch's Trinity, about a medieval woman accused of witchcraft, was a San Francisco Chronicle Notable Book. Under the pen name Lynn Carthage, she is also the author of the young adult novel Haunted. Erika lives in Northern California with her family.


Reviews

An unusual and fun mystery thriller with an intriguing setting and delightful protagonist. I must state straight off that my four star review is a qualified one ... not sure if it really deserves a four star - but I'll get to that. It's certainly a rousing and rowdy bawdy novel. The Woman of Ill Fame......more

Women of Ill Fame is a term used to describe prostitutes in the late 1800's. Nora Simms is one of these women in San Francisco during the Gold Rush era. A women who accepts her lot in life as a 'loose woman' but does want to better herself. Instead of staying in the crib row houses where she plies h......more

“Woman of Ill Fame” by Erika Mailman is the best book that I have read in quite some time. I was completely drawn in by Nora’s character, and I struggled to put the book down once I started it! I absolutely loved Nora’s character. The novel is written from her perspective, and though she is a prosti......more

Goodreads review by Donnell

Wonderful submersion into the life of the early California "soiled doves." Considering the options for women at the time--factory work, school teacher, marriage (to an often controlling husband--think Ibsen's "A Doll's House") or "lady of the evening"--this last option becomes less strange. Also, gi......more