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Title: The Bohemian Murders by Dianne Day ISBN: 0-553-57412-4 Publisher: Crime Line Pub. Date: 30 March, 1998 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.93 (14 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: 3rd book not quite as good as the others!
Comment: I'm sitting here scratching my head and wondering what happened or failed to happen in this book. Since I gulped down both of Dianne Day's previous books featuring the wonderful character Fremont Jones, its as if I came to a grinding halt while reading this book. Perhaps if I only read this book without the others I would have rated it higher but knowng how much I enjoyed the first two books have altered my opinion of this book.
Following Michael, her love interest to Monterey and the bohemian artist colony there, Fremont takes a job as a lighthouse kepper. And sure enough she is on duty when a young woman's body washes up on shore. As if that wasn't enough, Michael is now calling himself Misha and not only has a new group of artist friends, but also a new lady friend on his arm.
The descriptions of the artist's colony, like Day's descriptions of San Francisco from the early 20th century, were vivid and informative, and the relationship angle between Michael and Fremont is more intriguing, overall something was missing from this latest entry into this series.
Rating: 4
Summary: Tension, tension everywhere
Comment: I found the Bohemian Murders, the third in the Fremont Jones Mysteries, to be more intriguing than the last Fire & Fog. Although the atmosphere of San Franciso was delicious, I was glad for a change of scenery when Fremont moves her typing business to Carmel and finds herself frustrated with both a love interest who suddenly changes, and a mysterious body that washes ashore close to the lighthouse for which she is temporarily keeping watch.
I think Fremont grows up in this novel. Anyone who has been fascinated by the work of lighthouse keepers will love this book. It's the perfect setting for a mystery.
Day adds flavor to the Carmelites by introducing colorful characters all distinct in their 'bohemian' artistic ways. From the 'Twangy Boys' - Tom, Dick, and Harry, to artistic Artimisia, Day throws in so many wacky characters that the novel keeps you guessing to the end, about several things. . .
Truthfully, the real reason to pick this book up is the for the romantic tension between Michael and Fremont!
Rating: 5
Summary: Fremont recovers from the quake on the Monterey Penninsula
Comment: As soon as her affairs were in order after the Great Earthquake, Fremont travels to Carmel to her friend Michael Archer and the cottage he rented for her in the bohemian artist colony. She arrives to find not Michael, but Misha Kosskoff, apparently his real name, and his lifestyle is as different as that name. She moves her business to a nearby community and takes temporary charge of the local lighthouse while the keeper is away. While on watch she sees the body of a woman wash up on the rocks of the light and sounds the alarm. The woman wears expensive and elaborate clothing, not the clothes of a transient, yet noone claims the body. Does she have any connection to Misha's new friends?
This is an intereting look into the bohemian lifestyle of the early 1900's. The writers and artists that flocked to Carmel were a colorful bunch as evidenced here. Michael becomes even more mysterious if that is possible and the murder is very difficult to solve. Great read!
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Title: Death Train to Boston by DIANNE DAY ISBN: 0553580558 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 05 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Beacon Street Mourning : A Fremont Jones Mystery by Dianne Day ISBN: 0553580612 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 30 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Strange Files of Fremont Jones by Dianne Day ISBN: 055356921X Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 January, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Cut to the Heart by Ava Dianne Day ISBN: 0553585592 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 04 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Murder on Astor Place by Victoria Thompson ISBN: 0425168964 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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