Nancy Herriman
3 SeriesNancy Herriman is an American author renowned for her A Mystery of Old San Francisco series. She has also contributed to the Bess Ellyott Mystery series. Her works highlight her skill in crafting compelling mystery narratives.
In "Searcher of the Dead," the first book in Nancy Herriman's series, Bess Ellyott, a widow and herbalist in Tudor England, flees London after her husband's murder. Convinced of his murder but unaware of the perpetrator, Bess's resolve strengthens when her brother-in-law is found hanged, clearly not a suicide. She becomes certain that a killer is targeting her family.
