Zak has just lent me this, it’s by Alexander McCall Smith and is one of the ‘The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency’ series…I didn’t know it was a series until now.
I’ve never read any of these books before, I think either the cover, or the title doesn’t appeal to me enough, or maybe the reviews I heard didn’t prompt a trip to a bookshop. I should know not to judge books in this fashion – there have been plenty of surprises over the years. - ‘Boiling a Frog’ sat on my bookshelf for 10 years before I got into the author by a different route and he became my favourite author. And, Driving Over Lemons was recommended by a friend for years before it was the only thing to read in a hospital waiting room…
Anyway, I’m enjoying this, it has a strange written style and a slow but relaxed pace – not slow and boring, where you wish it it’s just get to the point, but relaxed – it’s only a small book, so you know there’s no need to rush and there is alot of human detail and observation to cover the relaxed pace.
I don’t know yet whether it will make me read the others in the series…we’ll see.
