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Pursuit And Persuasion (2000)

by Sally Wright(Favorite Author)

3.58 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

series

Ben Reese

review 1: Own.I don't want to write this review. I want to read the next book. I think I love Ben Reese more than I love Lord Peter Wimsey. He's more ruggedly American. Set immediately following Pride and Predator, Pursuit and Persuasion is the story of a woman who anticipates her own murder, her suspicions as to whodunit (which she takes to the grave), and Ben Reese's attempt to solve the mystery.This mystery revolves around collections, books, and what it means to be human. How do we order our affections, what do we most love and prioritizing appropriately. Do we love knowledge? Do we love books? Do we love people? And how do we love these things: in the secret darkness or in the open light?Wright does such an excellent job of writing people; she gives them their own voices ... moreand motivations. My biggest complaint is that perhaps there are too many, it's hard to keep them straight without the List of Characters in the front of the book.
review 2: Ben Reese is a truly admirable series protagonist. That the series is set in the 1960s and has many qualities of those old fashioned classic mysteries of the 1930s and 1940s make it, for me, all the more enjoyable. So far I have read only Pursuit and Persuasion but Sally S. Wright's style and substance have left me wanting more. Character driven plot and interesting setting make it just my cup of tea. less

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