An independent typist in turn-of-the-century San Francisco gives Dianne Day’s Fremont Jones mysteries their unusual profession and viewpoint. The Strange Files of Fremont Jones introduces her through suspicious manuscripts and a death connected with her work. Fire and Fog places the next investigation amid the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, while The Bohemian Murders and Emperor Norton’s Ghost continue through California settings and local history. Fremont’s independence, professional ambitions and complicated relationship with Michael Archer develop across the series without overwhelming the mysteries. Day’s prose is lively and atmospheric rather than grim. Those qualities place the books near historical mystery, San Francisco crime and female amateur-sleuth fiction. Read more Less
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