Death Train to Boston [Paperback]

Dianne Day (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Doubleday (1999)
• ASIN: B000VARAM0
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,393,715 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not Quite as Good as the Previous Fremont Jones Mysteries, July 9, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Death Train to Boston: A Fremont Jones Mystery (Fremont Jones Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

I have read all of the books in the Fremont Jones series. I was a little disappointed in "Death Train to Boston", mostly due to the change in writing style. Without giving too much away, Fremont is injured in a train wreck at the onset of the book ~ this results in her character being very passive throughout the story. I prefer the previous novels where Fremont has a more active role. Also, the book constantly flips back and forth from Fremont to Michael, which keeps you reading but can be frustrating. Just when something interesting is about to happen, the action flips to the other character. The good side of this, however, is that the reader gets to see more into Michael's feelings for Fremont.

Overall a very good book, and definitely worth reading. It's just not up to speed with the previous novels in the series.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A worthy continuation in an interesting series., October 29, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Death Train to Boston: A Fremont Jones Mystery (Fremont Jones Mysteries) (Hardcover)

One of the things that makes the Fremont Jones mysteries so interesting is that the characters are constantly evolving. Another is that the locations often change as well; thus, we're spared the routine similarities between novels in other series. In this, the fifth installment, Fremont and her partner/lover Michael are seperated by an explosion on board a train, while on a case. Fremont is kidnapped by a menacing Mormon intent on making her the sixth of his wives. With both legs broken by the explosion, she must resort to her wiles and powers of persuasion to escape from his clutches. We are back in Study In Scarlet country here. Meanwhile, Michael Kassoff searches desperately for Fremont, while simultaneously eluding an old enemy, and trying to determine who is so deter- mined to kill them that he'd blow up an entire train. Also, he must put up with the wiles of Fremont's friend, Meiling, who has her undergone a few changes of her own. Great fun, as are all the Fremont Jones myste- ries. This is a worthy continuation in an inter- esting series.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars For die-hard Fremont fans only., May 29, 2000

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Sharon Wylie (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Death Train to Boston: A Fremont Jones Mystery (Fremont Jones Mysteries) (Hardcover)

This book is a western, not a mystery. It tries to be a mystery, but it relies too heavily on events that happened earlier in the series. In other words, if you haven't read the rest of the series, you have no chance to solve this one and probably won't care enough to try.

Fremont's captivity is disturbing and dull, and I am not interested enough in the supporting characters to enjoy an entire book with them at center stage. Everyone seems to act out of character in this book, and it doesn't help that none of them are quite in step with the time period either. How could it have taken so long for women to get the vote with so many bold adventuresses on the loose?

I loved the first two books in this series, but was disappointed in the last one and EXTREMELY disappointed in this one. Dianne Day may have only one chance left with this reader.