Allison W. (sealady) reviewed on 11/10/2006 + 657 more book reviews

Amazon.com: "I have something of a wild streak in me" says Fremont Jones, the heroine of Fire and Fog. First seen in The Strange Files of Fremont Jones, she returns here a survivor of the great 1906 earthquake in San Francisco. After rescuing her typewriter from the rubble, Jones goes to work helping out the Red Cross, typing letters in the home of a woman she saved during the tremor, hunting for illegal artifacts and investigating a murder. She even gets kidnapped by a ninja. That might seem like a bit much, but then, who's to say that there were no ninjas back then? Besides, the early 20th century was a busy time, and Fremont Jones is a busy, busy woman. She's also a great sleuth and an irrepressible and enjoyable adventuress."

The New York Times Book Review, Marilyn Stasio: "Dianne Day's plucky young heroine ... rises from the rubble to carry on the thrilling adventure of being a liberated woman in a brave new world."

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