Michael Barnes
At its heart its a murder mystery, who or what is murdering these significant public figures in town (if I may paraphrase from a batman comic - these men died and they leave the world no poorer), but whilst the resolution of this crime is satisfying and came as a suprise to me its almost secondary to discovering the world view of the protagonist Janina Duszejko an elderly woman who lives in a remote village near the Czech republic. Trained as an engineer (she has built bridges) a superb athlete in her youth, a teacher and now a caretaker for houses in this remote sparse countryside. She also has a deep respect for animals, the poetry of William Blake (as a fan always a welcome addition) which she translates into Polish with one of her neighbors as well as an obsession with astrology (as a fan of science not so much) and you have an interesting character that becomes the focus.
"The tygers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction"
and the priest had it coming I say.
At its heart its a murder mystery, who or what is murdering these significant public figures in town (if I may paraphrase from a batman comic - these men died and they leave the world no poorer), but whilst the resolution of this crime is satisfying and came as a suprise to me its almost secondary to discovering the world view of the protagonist Janina Duszejko an elderly woman who lives in a remote village near the Czech republic. Trained as an engineer (she has built bridges) a superb athlete in her youth, a teacher and now a caretaker for houses in this remote sparse countryside. She also has a deep respect for animals, the poetry of William Blake (as a fan always a welcome addition) which she translates into Polish with one of her neighbors as well as an obsession with astrology (as a fan of science not so much) and you have an interesting character that becomes the focus.
"The tygers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction"
and the priest had it coming I say.