Long Time No See: A Novel
by:
Susan Isaacs (author)
The Barnes & Noble Review In 1978, Susan Isaacs made a memorable debut with Compromising Positions, a wickedly funny novel that functioned both as a murder mystery and a sharply observed comedy of manners. That debut novel introduced Judith Singer, a discontented 35-year-old housewife whose love...
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The Barnes & Noble Review In 1978, Susan Isaacs made a memorable debut with Compromising Positions, a wickedly funny novel that functioned both as a murder mystery and a sharply observed comedy of manners. That debut novel introduced Judith Singer, a discontented 35-year-old housewife whose love of mysteries, both fictional and real, leads her to investigate the unsolved murder of a philandering Long Island periodontist. Long Time No See is Judith's long-overdue return engagement, and I'm pleased to report that she's as likable, acerbic, and insatiably curious as ever. A great deal has changed in Judith's life since her initial appearance. Her husband is dead, felled by a heart attack after successfully completing the New York City Marathon. Her children have grown and lead independent lives. And she herself now teaches history at a college in neighboring Queens. Her life is quiet, orderly, and essentially unfulfilled. But all this changes when a prominent Shorehaven neighbor disappears, setting the stage for Judith's second encounter with murder and mayhem on Long Island. The story begins when Courtney Logan — a wealthy housewife and former investment banker — walks out of her house on Halloween night and vanishes without a trace. By the time Courtney's body surfaces, several months later, Judith has developed an obsessive fascination with the case and proceeds to launch an investigation of her own, leading her into the world of organized crime — and some previously unsuspected corners of Courtney Logan's life. It also leads to a romantic reencounter with the lover she renounced more than two decades before: NassauCounty homicide investigator Nelson Sharpe. The central mystery is satisfying and cleverly constructed, but — as in Compromising Positions — the real heart of the novel is Judith Singer herself. Judith's voice — filled with unsentimental reflections on her
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780060195700 (0060195703)
Publish date: September 4th 2001
Publisher: Harper
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Series: Judith Singer (#2)
I was introduced to the characters in this mystery over fifteen years ago in Compromising Positions. The whole crowds here and they’re just as interesting as before. I could have had a bit dirtier sex but what are you going to do. A woman is missing later found in the pool behind their house, the hu...