num_pages: 274
description: Reporter Diana Spaulding leaves for Denver after hearing that her mother has been accused of murdering her gold-baron father in this wry historical novel. Upon arriving in the Mile-High City, Spaulding must brave opium dens, snooty Denver society, and a crafty murderer to save her mother—all against a backdrop of brothels, immigrant railroad workers, and nouveau-riche gold miners that are almost as engaging as the plot itself. Late-19th-century Denver is explored with precise historical detail as Spaulding uncovers the plot that threatens her mother's life.  
language: English
title: Fatal as a Fallen Woman
titlecomplete: Fatal as a Fallen Woman (Diana Spaulding, #2)
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Historical Mystery, Historical Fiction, Victorian
ratings_count: 50
series: Diana Spaulding
publisher: Pemberley Press