m. louisa lockes victorian san francisco series ( in chronological order ) maids of misfortune ( novel ) dandy detects ( short story ) uneasy spirits ( novel ) the misses moffet mend a marriage ( short story ) bloody lessons ( novel ) mr. wong rights a wrong ( short story ) victorian san francisco stories ( short story collection ) deadly proof ( novel 2015 ) table of contents chapter one chapter two chapter three chapter four chapter five chapter six chapter seven chapter eight chapter nine chapter ten chapter eleven chapter twelve chapter thirteen chapter fourteen chapter fifteen chapter sixteen chapter seventeen chapter eighteen chapter nineteen chapter twenty chapter twenty-one chapter twenty-two chapter twenty-three chapter twenty-four chapter twenty-five chapter twenty-six chapter twenty-seven chapter twenty-eight chapter twenty-nine chapter thirty chapter thirty-one chapter thirty-two chapter thirty-three chapter thirty-four chapter thirty-five chapter thirty-six chapter thirty-seven chapter thirty-eight chapter thirty-nine chapter forty chapter forty-one epilogue about the author chapter one : monday morning , august 4 , 1879 the bastard !