Thought Train to Pusan

So, funny thing about listening to this one in audiobook form, should you (like myself) choose to play books at 1.5 speed or more: the speaking will be a good and understandable pace, but every time a song gets sung by the reader, it comes out in a silly little lilt that sounded quite humorous to me every time, even if the mood of the novel or the song itself at that point was not supposed to be cheerful and funny. So fair warning about that one. Frog Music opens with the scene of a murder in 1876 San Francisco, of a young woman named Jenny. Jenny is a colourful character who was known throughout town for wearing men’s clothing and for catching frogs for the local restaurants to cook. Her death is witnessed by her friend, Blanche, a French burlesque dancer who is convinced that she, not Jenny, was the intended murder victim at the hands of her lover. Through a series of flashbacks and present-day scenes, Blanche recounts her life upon meeting Jenny, their short-lived friendship, and t...