jjares reviewed on 4/2/2018 + 3314 more book reviews

This is a well-written story about a man with tremendous mental abilities, but who has Asperger's. He's spent years in a lunatic asylum; his greatest fear is being sent back.

Ian Mackenzie meets Beth Ackerley on the arm of her fiance, Lyndon Mather. Before the chapter is over, Ian has convinced Beth that Lyndon just wants her for her money and that Lyndon maintains an active liaison with mistresses and working girls. However, Ian does not convince Beth to marry him; instead, Beth decides not to marry at all.

A detective at Scotland Yard is sure that either Ian or Hart MacKenzie killed two working girls and has gone to great lengths to prove it. The detective tries to get Beth to spy on the MacKenzie's for him. Beth shows him the door.

This is a mystery as well as a romance between two (less-than-perfect) people. The story moves fast and the novel is hard to put down.

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