Go West for Your Health, They Said

Frances "Frankie" Abels, a former spy for the Union Army and sometimes nurse, receives unwelcome news that she must leave Washington, D.C. for a healthier climate. After securing a clerking position with the Secretary of State of Nevada in Carson City, she undertakes a journey across the continent by rail, steamboat and stagecoach. A dead fellow traveler, the disappearance of Governor Blasdel and the Washoe Zephyr guarantee that Frankie's new life is not the peaceful convalescence she envisioned.