Sunday, April 3, 2016
Gail Bowen's The Brutal Heart
I
found this Gail Bowen at my favourite bookstore, Baker's Books, in
Hope, BC. I read every Bowen title I find. For the Regina setting,
the Joanne Kilbourn Shreve recurring sleuth character, the insider
info about television and legal career work. Sometimes I find the
happy-family details a bit too cloying, but that's just me. This The
Brutal Heart edition has
an appealing cover image, black and white, shadows, stiletto heals
suggesting prostitution to me, overlaid with yellow forsythia
blossoms. Spring, and a clue. Clues.
I
have noticed in the last week of so that "the word of the month"
for me seems to be BRUTAL. It has appeared in the most unexpected
places. Maybe I notice it because emotionally, in the erratic
winter/spring/summer/winter days we get at this time of year, it fits
the way I feel. Something about the heart too. Not very springy.
Correspondences.
