Review: short & sweet
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 27, 2014
This free short is a nice example of Ms. Harper's skills, and a glimpse if the series' main characters.Having read the first book, I was familiar with Mac, a police detective, and Tony, a high school teacher. Their characters and relationship are well and fully in "Life Lessons."The meat of this vignette is how Mac investigates the suspicious death of an elderly man. What looks at first glance to be a sad death becomes questionable when the autopsy reveals suspicious facts.The investigation is engaging, and reveals a poignant stories of loves lost and ended. As the story unfolds, we see much of Mac and Tony's relationship. Not with a lot of sex here, but with the real problems and feelings of an adult gay couple over a separated Christmas holiday. Never fear -- more sex along with good writing in the rest of the series.Read this, then try the rest!