by Dianne Day

In this richly detailed historical mystery, detective Fremont Jones journeys from her adopted hometown of San Francisco to Boston, the stodgy city where she grew up. There, her ailing father suddenly dies of a heart attack. Fremont is certain that her stepmother, Augusta, is somehow responsible for her father's death. But then Augusta is shot, and Fremont realizes that the mystery is far more complicated and dangerous than she had initially thought.