Synopses & Reviews
Oakley Hall is a modern-day Sir Arthur Conan Doyle whose works have been acclaimed by everybody from Michael Chabon to Diane Johnson. In his latest Ambrose Bierce mystery, three young, beautiful orators known as The Trey of Pearls come to San Francisco in 1892 to advocate womens suffrage, whipping the burly city of pioneers and railroad men into a lather. When the famous womens advocate Reverend Divine is found murdered, Ambrose and his indomitable sidekick Tom Redmond must navigate the heavy seas of free love, the politics of a ministers harem, and the secrets of Californias rough and ready frontier past to uncover the truth. Cunningly plotted and rich with period detail, this historical mystery confirms Halls reputation as a master of the genre.
Review
Oakley Hall is one of the countrys finest writers. (Robert Stone) Oakley Hall is a novelist who never seems to make a wrong move... (Richard Ford)
About the Author
Oakley Hall is the author of more than twenty works of fiction, including several hard-boiled crime novels published under the pen name Jason Manor, and is general director of the famed Squaw Valley Community of Writers.