san francisco (calif.)

A robotics engineer with little contact with the outside world is given a special culture for sourdough bread by some bakers across the street from her. And as she learns to bake, spreading her wares around the office, she is told of a farmer's market she might want to join. They are not receptive to her cooking so she joins a literal underground market where her food might be appreciated.

Seventeen-year-old Xochi's life changed when she became governess to precocious twelve-year-old Pallas, but the duo unintentionally summons a pair of ancient creatures determined to right the wrongs of Xochi's adolescence.

Ashley Spencer relies on her birthday party to prove that she is at the top of the social standings and help her get over her ex-boyfriend.

San Francisco detective Lindsay Boxer calls upon the members of the Women's Murder Club for help when a series of violent incidents puts police on the trail of a killer or killers intent on murdering someone every three days, and the investigation becomes urgent when Boxer learns one of her friends is a target.

Receptionist Lindsay Owyang, a third-generation American-born Chinese woman, gains a better appreciation and understanding of her family and culture when she accompanies her grandmother on a nostalgic journey to China.

A young mother and her infant child are ruthlessly gunned down while returning to their car in the garage of a shopping mall. There are no witnesses, and Detective Lindsay Boxer is left with only one shred of evidence: a cryptic message scrawled across the windshield in bloodred lipstick. The same night, the wife of A-list actor Marcus Dowling is woken by a cat burglar who is about to steal millions of dollars' worth of precious jewels. In just seconds there is a nearly empty safe, a lifeless body, and another mystery that throws San Francisco into hysteria. Lindsay spends every waking hour working with her partner, Rich--and her desire for him threatens to tear apart both her engagement and the Women's Murder Club. Before Lindsay and her friends can piece together either case, one of the killers forces Lindsay to put her own life on the line--but is it enough to save the city?.

This book is unlike any memoir you'll ever read. Moving in its frankness, it is a relentless tale of a resilient spirit who took on the worst of contemporary urban life and survived it with a furious wit and unyielding determination. Cupcake Brown is a dynamic and original storyteller who will guide you on the most satisfying, startlingly funny, and genuinely affecting tour through hell you'll ever take.--From publisher description.

Detective Lindsay Boxer must investigate a murder that could include any of her friends as the killer. At the same time she is under attack in the press and must also take care of her unborn child.

Detective Lindsay Boxer investigates the brutal beating of a teenage girl and the disappearance of her newborn and finds the pressure of the case interfering with her new marriage, while her friend, assistant district attorney Yuki Castellano, chooses between following up on evidence that might cause her to lose the biggest case of her career or ignoring it and possibly sending an innocent woman to prison.

Describes the devastating earthquake and ensuing fire that destroyed much of San Francisco in 1906.