Review: Mystery, humor, not your kind of usual hero
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 22, 2014
Harry's monologues are so true, poignant and sincere! What does an ex history College professor (who walked out of the system 20 years ago) can come up with (at the ripe age of 63) to make a living? But when he accepts, on behalf of a dying widow to investigate the presumed heart attack of her husband 10 years ago, he may not be ready to plunge into a whirlwind of danger, nor to team up with the spunky 38 year old grand daughter of the deceased...The life of a little town with its secrets, its characters, its power players, its Good Samaritans, easily permeates one's daily life with a love grip that doesn't let go. Cat's personality is amazing, and there is a total symbiosis between herself and Harry.A small excerpt: "Life is simple when one has purpose. Purpose gives direction and motivation. One just takes action appropriate with the goal."What one gathers very early is that all the examples of life style are excellent advice to follow once on the path of growing older in physical and emotional health. And outside of the grid, part of a community of free thinkers or too poor in old age, "leftovers" from society.The weather in New England must be frigid cold to require such an amount of wine to warm one's bones!The last line in the book opens all possibilities of alternate endings- a feast to behold while awaiting for the following installment of The Harry Neal and Cat Mystery. I had a great time. Will read more books in the series to dwell into the character of this interesting human.