One of Five - Dagmar Digma Čechová (review)
My first book by this author, which caught my attention with its annotation.
Edith learns of her husband's infidelity, and that the mistress in question must be one of her five best friends. So she begins an investigation, in an attempt to find out which two of the people closest to her have wronged her.
Dagmar has a very readable style that lends itself well to this kind of one-liner. As the story unfolded, however, I realized that this wasn't just about looking at infidelity. It's mostly a really well-described probe of how little we actually know the people around us.
The only thing that slightly disappointed me was the ending. Not that it was bad! In fact, the protagonist launched a pretty decent quest with the verve of Kojak, but unfortunately for me personally, it was pretty clear from about halfway through the book what was going on.
One out of five, this is a light, lovely read for the evening. Which makes you think about interpersonal relationships, especially in a small community. How sometimes not caring is worse than shouting. And how little it sometimes takes to get a person out of their problems.
