Journal Entry 1 by leeny37 from Melbourne, Victoria Australia on Monday, February 16, 2009

Received through BookMooch.com - I mooched this specifically for the Southern Cross 2009 Monthly Exchange on BookObsessed.com.

From Amazon.com:
This swift and upbeat story features Fremont Jones, scion of a distinguished Boston family, and Michael Kossoff, a Russian nobleman and spy for the czar, who, in the fifth in this series (after Emperor Norton's Ghost), are continuing not only as passionate (but discreet) lovers but also as partners in their own San Francisco-based PI agency. Jones and Kossoff, traveling incognito on a case for the Southern and Union Pacific Railroad in the fall of 1908, are separated after a deliberately caused train wreck in Utah's Wasatch mountains. Michael, suffering a broken collarbone, searches for Fremont in vain: she has been abducted from the site by Melancthon Pratt, a fanatical Mormon who has five wives and is determined to make the lustrous Fremont his sixth. Secluded in a stark room, incapacitated by two broken legs, the shrewd and imaginative young woman beguiles the other wives and keeps the single-minded Pratt at bay. While Michael uses his considerable skills - a background in espionage enhanced by a sixth sense - to search for Fremont, he runs into malevolent figures from his past who have murder on their minds. The basic mystery - who is sabotaging the railroad and why - doesn't seem to matter, as the ongoing adventures of the sharply defined and appealing cast of characters carry the lively story. 

Journal Entry 2 by leeny37 at Forest Hill, Victoria Australia on Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Released 2 yrs ago (7/1/2009 UTC) at Forest Hill, Victoria Australia

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Sending this wishlist book to Ms. July, jennymidget, as part of the Southern Cross 2009 Monthly Exchange on BookObsessed.com. Enjoy! :) 

Journal Entry 3 by jennymidget from Bellbowrie, Queensland Australia on Monday, July 06, 2009

*excited face!* Thanks leeny! 

Journal Entry 4 by jennymidget at Bellbowrie, Queensland Australia on Monday, August 02, 2010

An intriguing Fremont Jones mystery - the dual plot from her and Michael's two seperate points of view was great, helped build excellent tension and suspense.
My only beef is with the bad guys - Pratt starts off menacing but peters out, and the secret bad guy pops up, is poorly accounted for, and disappears again, it's kind of bemusing what he's doing there in the first place!

This is now available on BookMooch, for RABCK'ing and for VBBs/Trades. 

Journal Entry 5 by jennymidget at through the mail in to a trader, sf-books.com -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, September 09, 2010

Released 1 yr ago (9/9/2010 UTC) at through the mail in to a trader, sf-books.com -- Controlled Releases

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Sending down south via BookMooch.