Dianne Day Mystery Author

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Dianne Day

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Books

(Caroline) Fremont Jones Mysteries

Emperor Norton's Ghost

Emporer Norton's Ghost Cover Two years after the Great Earthquake that destroyed San Francisco, Fremont Jones and Michael Archer are busy with their new private investigation business. When two mediums are murdered, Fremont finds herself in the thick of an investigation--and dangerously embroiled in a friend's illicit liaison.

Published Doubleday September 1998

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The Strange Files of Fremont Jones

The Strange Files of Fremont Jones Cover In order to escape her dignified-but-dull Bostonian upbringing, Fremont Jones finds more adventure than she anticipated in her haphazard clients, one of whom dies mysteriously.

An interesting historical novel featuring the typewriter and how unusual it was for women to use them in their work.

The Strange Files of Fremont Jones won the Macavity Award for Best First Mystery of 1995.

Published Double Day 1995

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Fire and Fog

Fire and Fog Cover Fremont Jones returns, awakened by a terrible rumbling, and nearly crushed by a falling armoire, to find herself in the midst of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906.

In the confusion and devastation that ensues, Fremont volunteers for the Red Cross, and learns to drive an automobile to transport supplies and handsome doctors, sparking romances along the way.

Her sleuthing cohort, the elusive Michael Archer, vanishes, leaving Fremont alone to sleuth the mysteries uncovered by the earthquake and to wrestle with her romantic feelings for Michael. A smuggler's cache unearthed by the disaster leads Fremont straight into danger: kidnapped by murderous Ninjas, Fremont must find her way to safety--thwarted at every turn, as even friends become suspect. Alone Fremont picks her way through the menacing ruins of San Francisco and narrowly escapes with her life. (From the Publisher)

Published Double Day 1997

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The Bohemian Murders

The Bohemian Murders Cover Forced to leave San Francisco after the devastating earthquake and fire of 1906, Fremont Jones is finally willing to follow her heart--and her elusive suitor, Michael Archer--to the bohemian beach community of Carmel-by-the-Sea. But she finds Michael utterly changed and, apparently, otherwise engaged. Heartbroken, confused--and furious--Fremont accepts a position as temporary keeper of the Point Pios lighthouse, determined to carry on her typewriting business part time and nurse her wounds in solitude. Barely has she arrived, however, when the body of an unidentified woman washes up virtually at her feet, and Fremont is off on a new and ultimately life-threatening quest: to find out who the dead woman is.

Even the intrepidly unconventional Fremont learns new meanings for the term free spirit from the iconoclastic artists of Carmel--and new depths of love from the mysteriously tormented Michael Archer. The Bohemian Murders finds Fremont--still a delightful mix of fierce independence and female vulnerability--fighting off unknown attackers, battling her own demons, experiencing a new maturity in matters of the heart. (From the Publisher)

Published Bantam Books 1998

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Death Train to Boston

Train to Boston Fremont and Michael are separated for most of this book as a explosion on the train has them both injured and not knowing where the other is. Fremont has been "rescued" by a Mormon fanatic who wishes to make her his sixth wife as none of the other five have produced offspring. Of course, in his patriarchal logic this can only be the women's fault.

As Michael searches for Fremont and she tries to find a way of escape, the reader gets to know the five wives very well as each of them is written with the skill to make them very distinct individuals. Even as they are about to be reunited, the person who attempted to kill them on the train is still on their trail. This is a wonderful and exciting tale that will be eagerly devoured by the many Fremont Jones fans.. (From a person who read the book)

Published Bantam Books 2000

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Beacon Street Mourning

beacon Street Mourning Fremont Jones and her partner return to her native city of Boston. Fremont's father is very ill and feared near death. Fremont suspects that her stepmother is behind his illness. She arranges for her father to enter the hospital and then for nurses to attend him and he seems to rally, until one night, he suddenly dies of a heart attack. Unbeknownst to her stepmother, Fremont has been left the bulk of her father's considerable estate which can only lead to more trouble. This was a really quick read. The author takes you back to Philadelphia in the early 1900's. The story is very quick moving and the characters vivid. The mystery is not difficult, but no less interesting. (From a reader)

Published Bantam Books 2001

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Cut to the Heart: Clara Barton and the Darkness of Love and War

Cut to the HEart In this atmospheric thriller set in 1863 amid the Gullah communities off the South Carolina coast, the author of the delightful Fremont Jones mysteries (The Strange Files of Fremont Jones; Fire and Fog; etc.) has real-life Union nurse Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, playing detective as well as ministering to the sick and wounded. Day has a wonderful ability to evoke the past, here the world of Hilton Head Island with its eerie swamps and Gullah people with their distinctive folk medicine and customs. As the fight for Charleston heats up, Clara is working with the local poor until she again receives the call to go to the battlefield. As ever, she is beset by male, military and doctoral prejudice. In addition, her brother, David, a Union officer, is on hand trying to make a wife and mother of her, totally unable to understand the life of dedication to others that she's chosen to lead. And, unbeknownst to Clara, a sinister surgeon, the demented Dr. Chamberlain, is tracking her every move and awaiting his chance to avenge himself on her for reasons that even he's unclear about. Day tastefully and effectively handles Clara's romantic interest in another real-life figure, Colonel John Elwell, who joins the suicidal assault on the rebel redoubt, Battery Wagner. Although this obvious labor of love doesn't contain much mystery or suspense, Day's fans should relish it, along with readers who appreciate well-researched historical novels.