Review: A refreshing find
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 26, 2014
A terrific read, this cozy  is a wonderful balance of the main character's interior life and the exterior mystery. Who was the faceless man found dead in Andrea's bathtub, her husband, dead by suicide, or one of the homeless that he helped, dead by murder?  The writing is graceful – I would say minimalist but with just the right dose of complexity at the right moments -- the psychological insight is astute, and the characters are deftly drawn. Author McPhee avoids the unnecessary plot complications that many other writers succumb to (thinking they are adding interest and intrigue), and so it was a joy to find a story that is refreshing in its straight-forward unfussiness, without being simplistic in the least.