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The San Francisco Mystery Series Complete Box Set: All 8 Books
2647 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 22, 2026
About the author
Alexi Venice
29 books405 followersAlexi Venice writes award-winning medical, legal, and crime thrillers with smart and gritty female leads. Her stories blend high-stakes investigations, courtroom shenanigans, emotional depth, and character-driven romance in the relentless pursuit of justice.
Both The San Francisco Mystery Series and The Monica Spade Trilogy are Lesfic Bard Award winners. Standby Counsel was named Best Legal Thriller of 2021 by BestThrillers.com, and Baking Ice Cubes was a BestThrillers.com Legal Thriller finalist in 2025.
With thirty-four years of legal practice informing her storylines, Venice brings authenticity to the page. Her heart and imagination fuel the slow-burn, and sometimes forbidden, romance.
When Venice isn’t writing, she’s wrangling grandsons and playing on the lake.
*Author certification: Venice certifies that no AI is used used in the creation or writing of her books. She imagines, creates, and writes all of her books. Other humans edit and proofread them.
Both The San Francisco Mystery Series and The Monica Spade Trilogy are Lesfic Bard Award winners. Standby Counsel was named Best Legal Thriller of 2021 by BestThrillers.com, and Baking Ice Cubes was a BestThrillers.com Legal Thriller finalist in 2025.
With thirty-four years of legal practice informing her storylines, Venice brings authenticity to the page. Her heart and imagination fuel the slow-burn, and sometimes forbidden, romance.
When Venice isn’t writing, she’s wrangling grandsons and playing on the lake.
*Author certification: Venice certifies that no AI is used used in the creation or writing of her books. She imagines, creates, and writes all of her books. Other humans edit and proofread them.
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August 19, 2026
undecided
I have to admit, I don’t usually read series stories. Even then, I was disappointed with this one. First of all, it was too long. Four or five books would, I think, have disciplined the author and/or the editor to keep the stories from rambling. I felt throughout that they couldn’t decide if this should be, a f/f romance, a police procedural or an extended version of a Harry Potter tale. A decision of which road to take would have made the read much more enjoyable for me at least. That said, I found the individual arcs to be well written.
I have to admit, I don’t usually read series stories. Even then, I was disappointed with this one. First of all, it was too long. Four or five books would, I think, have disciplined the author and/or the editor to keep the stories from rambling. I felt throughout that they couldn’t decide if this should be, a f/f romance, a police procedural or an extended version of a Harry Potter tale. A decision of which road to take would have made the read much more enjoyable for me at least. That said, I found the individual arcs to be well written.
August 23, 2026
Hmm good start but I felt it rapidly developed into a soap opera. And I’d call it a long book not 8 books. The last one is really just an epilogue to the whole story.
The second to last “book” (Lady Hawthorne) was much better a return to form of the first two.
Bit of a struggle to complete this one.
The second to last “book” (Lady Hawthorne) was much better a return to form of the first two.
Bit of a struggle to complete this one.
July 15, 2026
Great series
These eight books kept me intrigued all through the series. The characters were well developed with flaws that sometimes had me disliking them but in the end, I felt they were family.
The writing was very descriptive and you felt you were there during the events.
These eight books kept me intrigued all through the series. The characters were well developed with flaws that sometimes had me disliking them but in the end, I felt they were family.
The writing was very descriptive and you felt you were there during the events.
June 12, 2026
Amanda and Jen
Wow!! This series had me reading well into morning!! Please keep telling their story!! I laughed, I cried, amazing, bravo.
Wow!! This series had me reading well into morning!! Please keep telling their story!! I laughed, I cried, amazing, bravo.
July 5, 2026
Drama. Spies, lawyers, police, doctors and romance. Great to read during Pride month. Fun and fast. Good relationship insights.
August 18, 2026
The series gets better as it goes, the last few, suspend belief, but they are great.
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