These stories are all set in the past. Times and locations range from 1660s in New York City (then called New Amsterdam) to San Francisco in 1905. This list spotlights the fictional characters who are featured in each series

Fremont Jones – fleeing the restrictions of Boston society, (Caroline) Freemont Jones opens a typewriting business in San Francisco

Setting – San Francisco - 1905
1st in series – The Strange Files of Freemont Jones (1995)
Author – Dianne Day

Glynis Tryon - librarian & suffragette

Setting - Seneca Falls, NY - 1848
1st in series – Seneca Falls Inheritance (1992)
Author – Miriam Grace Monfredo

Harrison Raines – Southern-born gentleman with anti-slavery sentiments residing in D.C.

Setting – Washington D.C. area - 1861
1st in series – Murder at Manassas (2000)
Author – Michael Kilian

Maggie Maguire - former Pinkerton agent. head of "M. Maguire & Co - Discreet Inquires"

Setting- San Francisco 1880s
1st in series - Murder at Bent Elbow (1998)
Author - Kate Bryan

Masey Baldridge - former Confederate soldier - investigator for Mid-South Insurance

Setting - 1870s along the Mississippi River between New Orleans & St Louis
2nd in series - No Virtue (1995)
Author - James D Brewer

Narcissa Powers - young widow, volunteer at the medical college hospital

Setting - Richmond, Virginia 1861+
1st in series - Dead March (1998)
Author - Ann McMillan

Sarah Brandt - widow & midwife practicing in Greenwich Villege

Setting - New York City 1890s
1st in series - Murder on Astor Place (1999)
Author - Victoria Thompson

The Tonneman Family – spanning 200 yrs, traces family involvement in New York City mysteries, with each book set in a different era

Setting - New Amsterdam - New York 1664+
1st in series - The Dutchman (1992)
Author - Maan Meyers

Wilton McCleary - former Civil War veteran, Philadelphia police detective

Setting - Philadelphia, PA - 1870s
1st in series - The Killing Breed (1998)
Author - Mark Graham