Description

Someone killed Bill, and whoever it was stole all the money. Rita Mae came to San Francisco in the late 1800s with her man to find a better life, never mind the fact that said new life involved plans to rob a few banks. When Bill is murdered, Rita Mae starts turning tricks while she tries to find the killer and, even more importantly, the bankroll. When her new job results in her involvement in yet another murder, Rita Mae discovers her problems are only just beginning. Sometimes a gal just can't win. A short story.

About the author(s)

Some short stories written by Jan Christensen began to appear in print magazines in the mid-to-late-90s. By this century, more appeared in both print and ezines, and now her list of published stories is over fifty. She‘s been nominated for two Derringer Awards, and one story from Hardluck Stories has been published in an anthology edited by Dave Zeltserman and Ed Gorman titled, On Dangerous Ground. In 2004, one of her novels, Sara’s Search, was published and is now available on Kindle. She‘s also had several non-fiction articles published and writes a regular column about reading in Mysterical-e called Reading for Smarties.

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