Always / Nicola Griffith

Aud Torvington is in Seattle overseeing some real estate business and teaching a woman’s self-defense class.
Aud’s mother Elsa the Norwegian ambassador to Great Britain is also in town and plans to visit with Aud and her friend Matthew Dornan from Atlanta.
The sometimes blunt half Norwegian/half American lesbian ex-cop has her hands full. The warehouse she owns is being rented to a film company making a TV pilot, problems exist on the set and among the main players. The set caterer Victoria “Kick” Kuiper provides a romantic interest with several twists along the way. Meanwhile the women in the self-defense class are learning about their strengths and weaknesses, both physical and emotional. And trying to answer the question just how far would you go to protect yourself or those you love. The two settings never mix but the inter weaving of the two story lines is complex and complicated.
This book was not my usual traditional or cozy mystery read but I enjoyed it.

Dale Stapp

07/03/07