Dianne Day

The body of a woman washes ashore near a lighthouse where typist and sleuth Fremont Jones of San Francisco is working on manuscripts for local writers. As she searches for clues to the woman's identity, Fremont discovers she was a hostess at parties given by a land developer.

"Clara Barton is working among the Gullah communities on the South Carolina Sea Islands near the mainland city of Beaufort. She is stationed on Hilton Head Island, headquarters of the Union Army's Department of the South. Waiting for the next battle to begin, Clara uses her nursing skills to care for the wounded commanding officer Colonel John Elwell. While she is there, her innate desire to investigate drives her to learn all she can about Gullah...