The Unexpected Heiress - A Nick Williams Mystery, #1

May 11, 1953 Nick Williams, a private investigator in San Francisco, receives a late-night call that his sister is dying following a freak car accident. After rushing over to the hospital with Carter Jones, a fireman and the love of his life, he arrives just in time to say good-bye to the last member of his Nob Hill family he could stand to be around. Once the cops get a chance to take a look at the car, it becomes obvious this was no accident. It was murder. And, with that, Nick is hot on the trail to bring his sister's killer to justice.
And it's a trail that reveals plenty of surprising secrets about his sister and their family. Will Nick be able to find the murderer and stop them before they can strike again? Find out in the fast-paced adventures of the case of THE UNEXPECTED HEIRESS! * * * In 1953, the richest homosexual in San Francisco is a private investigator. Nick Williams lives in a modest bungalow with his fireman husband, a sweet fellow from Georgia by the name of Carter Jones. Nick's gem of a secretary, Marnie Wilson, is worried that Nick isn't working enough.
She knits a lot. Jeffrey Klein, Esquire, is Nick's friend and lawyer. He represents the guys and gals who get caught in police raids in the Tenderloin. Lt. Mike Robertson is Nick's first love and best friend. He's a good guy who's one hell of a cop. The Unexpected Heiress is where their stories begin. Read along and fall in love with the City where cable cars climb halfway to the stars. Long before the Summer of Love, pride parades down Market Street, and the fight for marriage equality, San Francisco was all about the Red Scare, F.
B. I. investigations, yellow journalism run amok, and the ladies who play mahjong over tea. * * * Series: A Nick Williams Mystery #137k words