Death Train to Boston

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Summary: An old foe returns
Review: This is another excellent entry in the Fremont Jones series, and it branches out from its usual San Francisco Bay area. Now we are in the state of Utah, and there are some very interesting scenes set in the household of an unusual offshoot of the Mormon religion. Fremont is fairly passive through most of the book, and the action is carried by Michael and Meiling, which is quite a change of pace. There is a mystery, of sorts, but it appears to be rather hastily concluded, and in a somewhat simplistic manner, but the book is generally well-written and it kept my interest.

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Summary: Strange book
Review: This is my first time reading a Fremont Jones novel. Although the book starts off in exciting fashion -- a train crash causing the hero and heroine to be separated. How and why make for fascinating reading, especially when Fremont is taken by a fanatical Mormon man and nursed back to health by Father and his five wives. Meanwhile, Fremont's lover and partner, Michael Kossoff scrambles to find his love, with the aid of Meiling, an engaging Chinese friend of both people. An exciting beginning, right? Unfortunately, the novel fails to live up to its premise. In fact, by the end, I felt I'd been reading several different novels that had all been thrown together. The ending was too easy. The villain not well foreshadowed. Since Ms. Day's won several awards, I expect her other Fremont Jones novels are better. But Death Train From Boston is a disappointment.

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Summary: Death Train to Boston Really Derails
Review: What a disappointment this story was in the Fremont Jones mystery series! The improbable situation--Fremont with only two broken legs at the bottom of a canyon being picked up without anyone on the train seeing a man in a buckboard; the motive behind the derailing--to get rid of one woman; the miraculous delivering of Fremont to Hiram by the Morman wives. Honestly. And the worst of the story line was making Michael Kossoff into a complete wimp! I will not be adding this volume to my collection of Fremont Jones mysteries, but await Michael's involvement with the doing-in of Rasputin. Plus, missed the sly sexual activity between Fremont and Michael.