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Summary: Fremont recovers from the quake on the Monterey Penninsula
Review: 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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Summary: Fremont recovers from the quake on the Monterey Penninsula
Review: 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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Summary: Not quite what you expect, but....
Review: Dianne Day has created a great series, with a fascinating character and excellent local color and history of the San Francisco Bay area. The Bohemian Murders, even more than previous books, shows her background in gothic romance-suspense, and in fact the book almost falls as much into that catagory as into the mystery genre. I thought the ending was daring, if not particularly satisfying, with quite a few loose ends and unanswered questions left dangling in my mind. But it was still, overall, an enjoyable book. If one is a murder mystery fan, I might suggest starting with The Strange Files of Fremont Jones. This might be a good introduction for romance or gothic suspense fans.
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Summary: Tension, tension everywhere
Review: 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!
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Summary: Still a Good Read!
Review: I too found this installment just a little weak, but still worth the read. Slower pace, with more understanding into Fremont and Michael. I think this book is the more of a explaination about just who is Michael and Fremont and what makes them tick. It brings them to more human terms. Sometimes in real life, courtship can be slow. And to top it off, Michael seems to be moving away from Fremont and acting like a real jerk. But it all comes together, and in the end you know so much more about the two of them. There are mysteries from all angles in this one. So pay attention and enjoy!
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Summary: Tension, tension everywhere
Review: 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.
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Summary: Sassy heroine confronts murder in an artist's colony
Review: The third in the Fremont Jones series, Dianne Day takes us on another journey into turn-of-the-century California, this time to Carmel. Following the disasters of the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco, Fremont takes over as lighthouse keeper temporarily. Her lover, Michael, has become Misha of the Carmel artist's colony, and a stranger to Fremont. When Fremont spies a woman's body in the water beyond her lighthouse view, she sets in motion a series of events that includes missing people and murder. This series is most fascinating, as Day gives us a glimpse into the early days of the twentieth century through the eyes of a free-spirited woman determined to be her own person.
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Summary: Absolutely wonderful page-turner!
Review: This is the third in the series that began with "The Strange Files of Fremont Jones." And it's amazing! It does everything you want a mystery to do. It's even better than the first two of the series, which I would have thought were impossible to top. This hard-to-put-down book is a superb read. Fremont's and Michael's characters continue to evolve, as does their relationship. And the ancillary characters are so much fun! Dianne Day absolutely sets up a world of time and place and mood and drops us in it. This has instantly become one of my all-time favorite reads -- mystery or otherwise. I'm not kidding! More! More!
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Summary: Absolutely wonderful page-turner!
Review: This is the third in the series that began with "The Strange Files of Fremont Jones." And it's amazing! It does everything you want a mystery to do. It's even better than the first two of the series, which I would have thought were impossible to top. This hard-to-put-down book is a superb read. Fremont's and Michael's characters continue to evolve, as does their relationship. And the ancillary characters are so much fun! Dianne Day absolutely sets up a world of time and place and mood and drops us in it. This has instantly become one of my all-time favorite reads -- mystery or otherwise. I'm not kidding! More! More!
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