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HELEN M. ZSUTTY
Oct 05, 2012HELEN M. ZSUTTY rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
#9 Isabel Dalhousie series Another very enjoyable episode in the Isabel Dalhousie series set in Edinburgh, Scotland. The mystery surrounds the disappearance of a very valuable painting. There are the usual side stories involving her husband, Jamie; their 3 year old son, Charlie; her rather "sometimes difficult" housekeeper, Grace; her neice, Cat who runs a delicatessen; and my favorite, Eddie who helps Cat run the delicatessen but has social and emotional issues. I love the last line of this book! Plus this time the outcome of the mystery seems to be left to the reader. My memory is fairly poor and I've read so many of his novels that I'm not sure if this has happened in the other books in the series but it didn't bother me as that is how real life is: sometimes there isn't an obvious answer. Some readers complain that the pace of his writing is too slow but I love the way his words seem to "flow" across the page. IMO, his characters are so human and have flaws like all of us. One of the reasons that I love Isabel is that she truly does try to see the good in most people.