In Entangled Threads, my latest Victorian San Francisco Mystery, I found myself, as in earlier books in the series, sending characters off to visit Woodward’s Gardens, a local amusement park. In the late nineteenth century, when my novels are set, Woodward’s Gardens was the most popular place for San Franciscans of… Read More »Woodward’s Gardens and Entangled Threads by M. Louisa Locke
I can’t remember if I decided one of my Francis Bacon mystery series characters would become an orphan before or after I learned about the Court of Wards. Probably after, because I wouldn’t have recognized the dramatic potential of that condition. Although I vaguely remember thinking Tom would have to lose his… Read More »Lock Up Honesty by Anna Castle
As we head into another holiday season, unfortunately still dealing with the uncertainties of the Covid pandemic, I thought it would be a good time to list some of the books in our catalog that are set in during this time of year so you can learn a little about… Read More »Celebrate the Winter Holidays through the Ages
For Americans, VE Day, May 7, 1945 was the end of the war in Europe. It would take a year or so to bring most of the US troops home and for the United States to embark on post-war growth and normalcy. In Europe, it was chaos. There were millions… Read More »Henry Oliver Rinnan and the Legal Purge in Norway 1946 by J. L. Oakley
Research is one of the major joys of writing historical fiction. For me, it isn’t only about the major events impacting the lives of my characters. It’s about how the medievals (or those in any prior era) thought about things we still ponder today. In my series, I chose to… Read More »Prayers of the Dead by Priscilla Royal