Review: Brilliance outperforms procedure
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 20, 2013
It is always refreshing---like with Miss Marple---when a non-detective solves a crime. Especially when the official detectives are a bit overbearing.Murder at Irish Mensa is one such case.For those unaware, it is well that they become aware of some basics. First of all, Mensa is an organized collection of geniuses. The organization is international, containing members in virtually all nations on earth. Each nation has local groups that meet regularly. These national groups all meet together for a convention to discuss business matters and to have fun.One of these conventions in Ireland is the setting of this book's crime and detection. A wealthy woman is murdered and an extremely valuable diamond and emerald necklace she was wearing was stolen. It is up to the organizer [organiser] of the convention to solve the crime before the convention ends. Else international members visiting from other countries may miss scheduled flights home. And what detecting skills could a tree surgeon [her occupation] have.Of course she is not without help. Officers of the organization gladly throw in their intellectual---and physical---abilities, but the chief gard unsympathetically refuses to let guests depart until all investigation is complete. That may take several days, or even weeks. Can brains do what police procedure cannot?Read this unusual tale of a tree surgeon working sleuthing between energy spent looking for a new house and tending her duties as organiser [US: organizer] of the meeting to find the answer. You'll enjoy the ride.