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On the rare occasion that he does he circulates a memo beforehand to avoid any misunderstandings. The book culminates in an extremely satisfying ending that I never saw coming. Maybe some of you will. You are all so much smarter than I. I love a good mystery, well-plotted and well-written.
And that is exactly what we have here. He is contacted by a resident of the town to hire him, and Drayco agrees to meet the man in the deserted Opera House. He figures he will take the opportunity while in the town to make arrangements to sell the place. Renovating it seems out of the question, since his finances are in pretty sad shape. Draco also runs into the pervading sentiment of the townspeople for the old opera house, in which the famous pianist once played before WWII.
Upon her return to her native England, she had planned to return to the town, but was killed before that happened. No ID needed, just sign the book with whatever name you choose. Ahhh, those were the days, the Golden Era of Crime. The immediate problem is that she is on trial for her life, charged with murdering her former lover.
Anyway, Love blooms, apparently, even if she is a murderer. Maybe she is not, and Lord Peter will have to do some fancy detective work to prove her innocence. Read all about it! But really, Sayers and Agatha Christie have set a very high bar. This is a memoir based on my personal experiences working in financial services and attending yoga teacher training. While the characters in this book are based on real people, names and identifying details have been changed to protect privacy, and in some cases, characters have been combined for the sake of protecting privacy as well as for narrative purposes.
I found this book irresistible and I am not sure exactly why. Characters a little over the top? But serious too, in a straight forward account of what she felt was a miserable, soulless corporate existence which she hoped to escape from time to time by attending yoga classes, and eventually signing up for yoga teacher training. Self-deprecating in that chic lit kind of way, but insightful all the same. I do admit to wanting to grab her by the shoulders, shake her and yell, WTF!
Get out of that career field, you dolt!
You paid off your student loans, you bought a condo, and a car. Why get sucked in further into a lifestyle you obviously hate. Her hope for a haven of peace and Zen-ness in the yoga teacher training was dashed when it became clear that the folks involved in this scene were just as nutty and driven in their own wacky way as the people in her office.
She discovers to her surprise that the teacher training is all about inner training, and not physical yoga classes. After a confrontation with a very aggressive woman at a party, she falls back into the old habits:. And yet, what had I, who was supposedly pursuing the yogic path, done when confronted? Why, I dumpster-dove straight into ego, material possession, and combative wordplay of course! It is easier to keep on doing what you know than to make great changes in your life, no matter how unhappy you are.
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You will be pleased to know that in spite of it all, she finds a nice guy, gets married, and gets pushed out of her job. THAT made making those changes a lot easier! Seems that an autobiography covers your entire life, while a memoir is only about a certain portion of it.
Which was pretty much everything. Well, la di dah. Yeah, well, who is Anubis for that matter? Google to the rescue!
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Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. I wasn't sure what to expect from this new author but I was very pleased with the book. It grabs onto you from the first few pages and then tightens its grip as you race through the pages. The chapter about the conflict in Easton at the reservoir is so detailed and well written that you find yourself gasping for breath. Professor McCarthy is a great character and I'm looking forward to reading about him and Ms. Smith in the follow-on series. He makes a Northeastern alumni like me proud!
I really enjoyed the story, but it was too short; it seemed more like a second or third draft of an outline. There were lots of places that more detail could have been added to flesh out the story and add more suspense. Everything just fell into place without any drama or road blocks for the hero and his sidekick to work on and overcome together. It reminds me of some of the shorter Conan Doyle "Sherlock Holmes" works. I was shocked when I read the original Sherlock stories because they were so shallow and nothing like the Sherlock dramas we see on TV.
I love the characters, the story could be a great basis for a more detailed and dramatic suspense thriller, there were hardly any distracting typos or grammar mistakes that I could tell , and I hope there are more books starring the Professor and Jenny--they work well together. I gave this three stars because I actually liked the story for most of the book but there were some real annoyances in the writing. The author should find another way to convey what the characters think or eliminate the tags.
If you read the sentence without the tag, you can tell that most of the time it is unnecessary. The relationship between the protagonist and the girl had a lot of potential and could have been a bit more developed. In fact, only a couple of character were well developed. The story had an unsatisfactory ending for me - flat and hurried. It was almost as if the author tacked on the ending just to tie up lose ends rather than resolve the conflict.
Overall this was a very interesting story but I think it could be tightened up to give it a bit more punch and better developed characters. One person found this helpful. Dec 01, Hollie rated it liked it Shelves: Jan 21, Julie Carter rated it liked it. I also felt that the range of emotions shown by the Professor and his assistant were unrealistic.
But it was a good plot that held my attention! Nov 11, Tom Park rated it liked it. While this was a quick read, it was a little too quick.
The characters were not all that fully developed and the story was a bit of a reach. Too much like a Sherlock Holmes wannabe that wasn't. Dec 01, Janet rated it really liked it. Nov 01, Holly rated it really liked it. Quite amusing mystery with interesting characters. Nov 04, June rated it liked it. This book started out with a bang, but it fizzled as I continued on further through the book. And the ending was much too abrupt. Jan 29, Robbie rated it really liked it Shelves: Fast-paced, good story-line, needs some editing.
May 16, Kim Jackson rated it liked it. The story line was good but it was hard to stay focused with the editorial mistakes. With a good edit and re-write this could be a 4 star book. Jean Martin rated it it was amazing Apr 09, Caroline rated it liked it Nov 19, Veronica Rausch rated it really liked it Oct 12, Linda Baker rated it it was ok Sep 17, Deb rated it liked it Apr 21, BookishDreamer rated it liked it Nov 29, Kathy rated it liked it Aug 03, Susan Boudreau rated it really liked it Dec 03, Jon L Landers rated it it was amazing Feb 13, Bonnie rated it liked it Nov 12, Anne rated it it was amazing Apr 18, Candy rated it it was amazing Jan 22, M Crowe rated it it was amazing Oct 17, Fran rated it liked it Dec 18, Ken Rossignol rated it it was amazing Jul 23, Trivia About The Instrumental No trivia or quizzes yet.
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