In Beacon Street Mourning, Fremont Jones, suspicious her ailing father is being neglected by his wife Augusta, returns to Boston to see him. Her father begins to improve, then suddenly dies. Fremont must solve what she believes to be murder by poison, while others, including his doctor, contend that her father died of natural causes. Did an old friend betray Fremont and her father? Did Augusta kill him thinking she would inherit?

I understand this is the last Fremont Jones mystery - a pity, because I found it really quite disappointing. The only "mystery" was really tied up in Fremont's dislike of the people in her late father's life, and her vocal and active dislike really strains the credibility. And I didn't like the way the mystery turned out at all, really just vindicated Fremont's bad behaviour and didn't move anything on at all.

Such a shame - but I think this last Fremont Jones mystery has effectively downgraded this from a great to a mediocre series!

Off to the USA via BookMooch.

Should have read your comments first.