18 books like The Fire Rose

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Eye of the Storm Marcia Muller · 1988 · 356p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Eye (cyclone), a region of calmer weather found at the center of strong tropical cyclones Shares: San Francisco, California

The Shape of Dread Marcia Muller · 1989 · 282p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Bobby Foster, carhop at the chic Cafe Comedie, is going to the gas chamber. He’s already confessed to the murder of Tracy Kostakos, the club’s rising star. But two years after the crime, Tracy’s body is still missing and Bobby’s confession is full of holes. All Souls Legal Cooperative’s final appeal sends San Francisco’s number one PI Sharon McCone behind the footlights into the super-charged… Shares: San Francisco, California

Babycakes Armistead Maupin · 1984 · ★ 4.3 · 316p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Babycakes (1984) is the fourth book in the Tales of the City series by American novelist Armistead Maupin, originally serialized in the San Francisco Chronicle. Shares: San Francisco, California

Degree of guilt Richard North Patterson · 1992 · ★ 4.0 · 540p · ≈ 18h · Moderate Christopher Paget is a trial lawyer with a famous past...Christopher Paget is a trial lawyer with a famous past: as a young investigator in Washington he unearthed a scandal that brought ruin to the President – and an abrupt end to his affair with journalist Mary Carelli. Now, fifteen years later, Carelli is a famous TV journalist in New York and Paget is leading a relatively tranquil life… Shares: San Francisco, California

Sure of You Armistead Maupin · 1989 · ★ 4.3 · 273p · ≈ 9h · Moderate A fiercely ambitious TV talk show host finds she must choose between national stardom in New York and a husband and child in San Francisco. Caught in the middle is their longtime friend, a gay man whose own future is even more uncertain. Wistful and compassionate, yet subversively funny, Sure of You could only come from Armistead Maupin. Shares: San Francisco, California

Further Tales of the City Armistead Maupin · 1982 · ★ 4.4 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Tales of the City is a series of novels by Armistead Maupin. Shares: San Francisco, California

Significant Others Armistead Maupin · 1987 · ★ 4.2 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate A significant other is a partner in an intimate relationship. Shares: San Francisco, California

Wilderness Dennis Danvers · 1991 · ★ 3.0 · 376p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Alice White has a secret. There is no friend or family member she can confide in—and she cannot trust it to the strangers she chooses for the fevered one-night stands that are as close as she dares come to love. Then she meets Erik Summers, college professor and biologist, who draws Alice from her cage, igniting a passion within her that she can't control or deny. Though he shares her fire and a… Shares: Werewolves, Fantasy

Blood Blade (Skinners, Book 1) Marcus Pelegrimas · 2009 · ★ 3.4 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Welcome to the nightmare . . .There is a world you don't know about, inhabited by supernatural creatures of darkness — vampires, werewolves, and all manner of savage, impossible beasts that live for terror and slaughter and blood. They are all around us but you cannot see them, for knowledge of their presence — so close and so hungry — would surely drive any ordinary human insane.But for… Shares: Werewolves, Fantasy

Second generation Howard Fast · 1978 · ★ 4.4 · 441p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Born to enormous wealth and social standing, Barbara Lavette leaves her sumptuous home on San Francisco's Nob Hill to lead a life of adventure that takes her from the depression to the darkest days of World War II.Troubled by the conflicts of her dual inheritance and scornful of her mother's social world, Barbara sets out to build her own life in her own way, leading her to a Europe on the brink… Shares: San Francisco, California

Eyes of a child Richard North Patterson · 1995 · 576p · ≈ 19h · Moderate Ricardo Arias is found dead, the gun still wedged in his mouth. It looks like suicide, but the physical evidence strongly suggests murder. The police investigation uncovers an estranged wife, Terri Peralta; an ugly custody battle over their six-year-old daughter, Elena; heated charges of child abuse; and a murder suspect: San Francisco defense attorney Christopher Paget. Paget has motive--it's… Shares: San Francisco, California

More Tales of the City Armistead Maupin · 1980 · ★ 4.4 · 340p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Interlinking tales based around the lives of a San Francisco household. Shares: San Francisco, California

A certain justice John T. Lescroart · 1995 · 620p · ≈ 20h · Moderate When the angry white mob poured out of the bar on San Francisco's Geary Street and surrounded an innocent black man, Kevin Shea was the only one who tried to stop them. He failed, and now, thanks to a deceptive news photo taken during the melee, he is wanted for the murder himself-and the real culprits have threatened his life if he says a word. As riots rage and politicians posture, Lieutenant… Shares: San Francisco, California

Dar wilka Anne Rice · 2012 · ★ 3.0 · 506p · ≈ 16h · Moderate The time is the present. The place, the rugged coast of northern California. A bluff high above the Pacific. A grand mansion full of beauty and tantalizing history set against a towering redwood forest. A young reporter on assignment from the San Francisco Observer. . . an older woman, welcoming him into her magnificent, historic family home that he has been sent to write about and that she… Shares: California, Werewolves, Fantasy

Come the night Susan Krinard · 2008 · ★ 4.0 · 459p · ≈ 15h · Moderate The Great War has endedAnd Gillian Maitland is to marry a werewolf of her father's choosing—ensuring the purity of their noble bloodline. Still, she can't forget Ross Kavanaugh, the American whose forbidden touch unleashed a passion she'd never known. And when Ross returns unexpectedly to England, he's no longer the man she remembers, but a hard-boiled ex-cop who harbors a dark secret.The… Shares: Werewolves, Fantasy

The Maltese Falcon Dashiell Hammett · 1929 · ★ 3.9 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Classic noir. Private detective Sam Spade is hired to search for a valuable, gem-encrusted antique in the shape of a falcon. Sam Spade is hired by the fragrant Miss Wonderley to track down her sister, who has eloped with a louse called Floyd Thursby. But Miss Wonderley is in fact the beautiful and treacherous Brigid O'Shaughnessy, and when Spade's partner Miles Archer is shot while on Thursby's… Shares: San Francisco, California

The mercy rule John T. Lescroart · 1998 · 466p · ≈ 15h · Moderate When Salmon Sal Russo fails to make his friday fish round at the San Francisco law courts, alarm bells ring with his regular customers - the prosecutors and judges who turn a blind eye to his illegally caught fish. Russo had been in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, and when Judge Giotto, an old friend, finds the body, it looks like a case of mercy killing. But a look at Russo's bank… Shares: San Francisco, California

Nothing but the truth John T. Lescroart · 1999 · ★ 4.0 · 443p · ≈ 14h · Moderate When San Francisco attorney Dismas Hardy gets a call saying his wife never picked the kids up from school, he's worried. Frannie's a great mother. Turns out there's a good explanation: she's in jail. Unbeknownst to her husband, Frannie has just appeared before a grand jury--and refused to share a crucial piece of information about her friend Ron, who's accused of killing his wife. Now it's up to… Shares: San Francisco, California

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