in 1895 San Francisco, debutantes don't commit suicide at parties, particularly not under the eye of Sabina Carpenter. But Virginia St. Ives evidently did, leaping from a parapet in a shimmer of ghostly light. The disappearance of her body creates an even more serious problem for the firm of Carpenter and Quincannon, Professional Detective Services. Sabina Carpenter hadn't wanted to take the assignment, but her partner John Quincannon insisted it would serve as entrée to the city's ultra rich and powerful. That means money. Which is why he is hunting the bandit who robbed the Wells Fargo office of $35,000.

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