New Trouble in Old Town: A Lucy McBride Mystery

By Marlene Jaxon

San Diego, California, 1868: Soon after they arrive from San Francisco, sophisticated Lucy McBride and her clever chaperone, Yingwu Wei, find themselves entangled in a mysterious death. Still very much the "wild west," where bullfights in the Plaza de Armas and public hangings (poor Yankee Jim ) in El Campo Santo Cemetery are everyday spectacles, the duo must adapt to the rough-and-ready ways of the tiny, frontier town while conducting their own amateur-and often comical-investigation. Throw in a dashing, blue-eyed deputy, and Lucy's quickly in deeper than she bargained for.

This meticulously researched historical fiction mystery combines real-life 19th-century Old Town, San Diego citizens with characters from the author's imagination. Join Miss Lucy and company as she: Dances the Fandango at Casa de EstudilloAttends the Tanner Theater Troupe's premier performanceParticipates in a spooky s ance at the Whaley HouseCauses mayhem in the saloon at the Franklin House

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GNGS3XRV
• ISBN13: 9798276363981
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 406 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"