Demon Daughter, Lois McMaster Bujold. Newest Penric! I enjoyed the domesticity of this one.
The Appeal, Janice Hallett. Recommended by![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
skygiants. As advertised, this was an entertaining puzzle box mystery with good characterization and social commentary. The amateur drama group setting reminded me a bit of A Chorus of Disapproval (and one of the characters suggests that they should perform a different Ayckbourn play in the future!). Well-plotted though the ending felt a little underwhelming; I feel like I probably could have solved more of the mystery myself if I'd put in more effort / hadn't been turning the pages as frantically.
One thing that did throw me is that all money amounts (and there are a lot, the plot is about a fundraiser) were given in dollars, even though the book is explicitly set in the UK. I wouldn't be surprised if the US edition had been unnecessarily localized in other ways, since I missed that the book was set in the UK until around page 30 when people were discussing the difficulty of doing an American accent.
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, Steve Silberman. So far it's not so much about autistic people as about people trying to understand autism / autism spectrum disorders. Which is still an interesting story!
The Appeal, Janice Hallett. Recommended by
skygiants. As advertised, this was an entertaining puzzle box mystery with good characterization and social commentary. The amateur drama group setting reminded me a bit of A Chorus of Disapproval (and one of the characters suggests that they should perform a different Ayckbourn play in the future!). Well-plotted though the ending felt a little underwhelming; I feel like I probably could have solved more of the mystery myself if I'd put in more effort / hadn't been turning the pages as frantically.One thing that did throw me is that all money amounts (and there are a lot, the plot is about a fundraiser) were given in dollars, even though the book is explicitly set in the UK. I wouldn't be surprised if the US edition had been unnecessarily localized in other ways, since I missed that the book was set in the UK until around page 30 when people were discussing the difficulty of doing an American accent.
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, Steve Silberman. So far it's not so much about autistic people as about people trying to understand autism / autism spectrum disorders. Which is still an interesting story!