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Dianne Day (Author)
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Fremont Jones Mysteries January 1, 1996
Brave, resourceful, adventurous Fremont (née Caroline) Jones is a woman ahead of her time. Hungry for independence, she's traded in her conventional life in Boston for a career as a "type-writer" in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. But Fremont soon discovers that her clients aren't always what they appear to be, and that in doing her job she's transcribing her way into a wealth of mystery--and mortal danger....

Dashing lawyer Justin Cameron well-nigh sweeps Fremont Jones off her feet--and into a situation ripe with perilous intrigue. A client meets an untimely death that Fremant suspects is linked to the paper she typed for him, of which she can recall but one small fragment. And her attempts to disentangle reality and imagination in the gothic tales penned by Edgar Allan Partridge--whose demeanor is one of terror under the barest restraint--send her up the rocky California coast on a mission of discovery from which she may not return....

A riveting, atmospheric mix of intrigue and humor introduces a new investigator as cultivated as Sherlock Holmes and as spunky as Kinsey Millhone.

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Romantic suspense writer Day (The Stone House) turns to mystery with laudable results. The year is 1905. Fleeing the confines of her staid Boston upbringing and a potential marriage to a loathsome suitor, the modern-thinking Caroline Fremont Jones opens a typewriting business in San Francisco using the name Fremont. Her business brings her in contact with the normally mild young attorney Justin Cameron, who reacts with hostility when Fremont takes dictation from "ancient gentleman" Li Wong. A week later, Li Wong is dead, and Fremont's office is ransacked. Another client, Edgar Allan Partridge, brings three manuscript stories to Freemont for typing but never returns to pick them up. His brooding tales are full of evil and very like those of his namesake. Fremont's investigations into the mysteries of her dead and missing clients lead her to suspect her rooming-house neighbor, whom she believes is a spy. While the plot plays out credibly, Day shines brightest at horror writing: the excerpts from Partridge's stories are truly frightening, their gothic element adding powerful punch to Fremont's first case.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Mix together a foggy San Francisco of 1905, a female Sherlock Holmes, Chinese tongs, a hint of Norman Bates, and Caroline Fremont Jones, late of Boston, and you have this enchanting book. Fremont leaves Boston to escape from an arranged marriage, sets herself up in a "type-writing" (i.e., secretarial) business, and becomes independent. Her first client, Justin Cameron, is a young lawyer who becomes her beau. Another client is the strange and very weird Edgar Partridge. Her landlady, Mrs. O'Leary, and another roomer, Michael Archer, complete the cast. Day, author of several pseudonymous romance novels, has beautifully captured the rhythm and speech of a Victorian novel. She leads Fremont on an extraordinary adventure and the reader on a delightful read. The characters are all a bit mysterious, which adds to the pleasure. Recommended for popular collections.?Barbara Maslekoff, Ohioana Lib., Columbus
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

  • Mass Market Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Crimeline (January 1, 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 055356921X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0553569216
  • Product Dimensions: 4.1 x 1 x 6.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #150,492 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Beginng of a good series!, May 15, 2000
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I am a devoted mystery and series readers who chanced upon this book while browsing. Now after sometime and having read more books in the series, I am so happy to be acquainted with the author Dianne Day.

Set in San Francisco in the early 20th century, the author has written about a feisty woman character, Fremont Jones, who not only thinks differently than her contemporaries but abandons her Brahmin Boston home to seek her own life halfway across the country. Starting out as a typist, Fremont Jones quickly becomes involved in a mystery when she is approached by a Chinese man who is found and his files mysteriously stolen from Jones' office. Fremont who takes her name from her pioneering relative John Fremeont is a woman living in the early 20th century with a 21st century feminist attitude. The mystery which hold one's attention is nothing compared to the relationships which Day creates and will have readers eagerly waiting to pick up the second book in the series.

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5.0 out of 5 stars This first in a series gets you hooked, May 24, 1999
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The Strange Files... is a great concept. It is a fun-to-read blend of historical atmosphere, mystery and romance. Living in San Francisco myself, I love to read about what the city used to be like. The authenticity of the streets, locations, weather etc. makes it all the more enjoyable. I'm hooked on this new heroine.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A strong debut, and a likeable heroine, December 9, 1998
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This is a very strong debut of a new female protagonist, a woman struggling against the boundaries placed on women in her time (turn-of-the-century America). A step away from disaster at any moment, Fremont Jones sets off to redefine herself and to face life on her own terms. Fortunately for us, her own terms includes a strong dollop of adventure, romance, and gritty details of life for a woman alone in those times. This book is a rather quick read, but a very satisfying one. Its sequel, Fire and Fog, is even more satisfying as we see the character mature and settle in to the rhythms of life in San Francisco only for them to be thoroughly disrupted by the Great Quake. This is truly a writer to watch!
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I know what people say about me: that I am willful and opinionated, shockingly eccentric in my manner of dress (this because I will not wear a corset), altogether a trial to my father. Read the first page
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aubergine cape, typewriting services, great lens, tong wars
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San Francisco, Michael Archer, Edgar Allan Partridge, Fremont Jones, Justin Cameron, Point Reyes, Miss Jones, Vallejo Street, Fort Ross, Mission Dolores, Black Room, Golden Gate, Nob Hill, Bodega Head, Kwan Yin, Sacramento Street, Trans-Hawaiian Trading Company, Henry Fuchs, Mile Rock, Point Lobos, Public Library, Cliff House, Edgar Allan Poe, Ethel Faragon, Madame Blob
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