Crookedest Street in the World
A Fog City Noir Mystery
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Pub Date 2 Jun 2026 | Archive Date 30 Aug 2026
Level Best Books | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles
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Description
The third book in the Fog City noir series, Crookesest Street in the World, Maggie Laurent, P.I., is slowly making a name for herself in San Francisco, but it’s slow going.
She is keeping the office open, but just barely. Her best friend, Maureen Dunleavy, who is on the verge of taking her final vows to become a nun, asks Maggie for her help. This entails Maggie confronting the former principal of her high school—a woman Maggie despises.
At stake is the life of a young Chinese novitiate. Maggie braves San Francisco’s underworld to keep her safe, bringing down the wrath of the mayor and police chief of San Francisco, and the kingpins of the prostitution, gambling, and drug trades operated by Chinese gang lords on her head.
A Note From the Publisher
Ebook: 9798898202545
Additional Book Formats with (ISBN-13):
Ebook: 9798898202545
Advance Praise
“Johnson has captured the sights, rhythm, and foibles of the 1930s in this evocative and compelling noir tale. Maggie Laurent, a PI by almost accident, is up against corruption in Depression-era San Francisco. She's taking over for her boss, Nick, who's gone to Chicago and may not be back, but a woman PI? In a fractious relationship with DA Matthew Doyle, she's working to uncover large-scale political corruption set against the legendary San Francisco haunts of Chinatown and the Barbary Coast.”
—Michele Drier, Author of the Kandesky Vampire Chronicles and the Stained Glass Mysteries
“This series just keeps getting better. Johnson’s prohibition-era San Francisco is a brilliant backdrop to the further investigations of secretary-turned-sleuth Maggie Laurent. Her PI boss may still be missing, but Maggie is on the case and everyone from local gang leaders to the nun who terrorized her in her school days had better beware.”
—Margaret Dumas, Author of the Movie Palace Mysteries, Speak Now, and How to Succeed at Murder
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9798898202538 |
| PRICE | $17.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 252 |