#13

#13 ~ finally in the swing of summer reading ~ is Compromising Positions by Susan Isaacs.  Written in 1978 & the only reason I note that is because I had to take in the culture of society in the late 70's to make this story believable.  An unhappy housewife who sticks herself in the middle of a murder investigation & has an affair with the lieutenant in charge of the case who lets her become a 'consultant' to the case... I really had to reach to get the affair part...but I guess things like that were much freer & expected in the 70's.
The story itself was very good.  I enjoyed the 'who-done-it'...it kept me guessing, but, like I said, the relationship development was weak for me.  "Oh, the liquid brown eyes; yep I'll sleep with him', wasn't real development for me.  I liked the first Susan Isaccs I read better than this one. (which I believe is her first...so it's good to know she got better)
a note about Susan Isaacs writing:  I had never heard of salade nicoise until I read Any Place I Hang My Hat ~ where the long lost granddaughter and grandmother discover that they both take all the anchovies except for one, because they only like a little fish flavor ~ and then the same salad is mentioned in this book...and the one character takes off all the anchovies.  I find it interesting that she puts this same little salad and a reference to what to do with the anchovies in both of the books I've read.  I wonder if it's her 'thing' ~ and what a really odd 'thing'.
fl: As they would murmur at his funeral, Dr. M. Bruce Fleckstein was one of the finest periodontists on Long Island.  ll: "We can have some long, lovely afternoons together". "And maybe more," he whispered, grinning. "Maybe."