Lenny likes having things in their place, schedules, eating the same things every week, having her students' lessons done far in the future and playing Scrabble every night with Monica. Monica from the television show Friends. To be fair, Lenny plays Monica and her tiles.
"She found tremendous peace in this level of organization, which was as close to happiness as Lenny Marks ever planned to be. Happiness, she knew, was unstable and quite unreliable."
And that was good enough until Lenny decides she needs a friend. Why not start with her co workers? I had a lot of anger when the some of those co workers were not very nice!
Between that, her neighbor needing help and the cheerful grocery manger, Lenny's carefully constructed gates start to show cracks.
Now you might think you've guessed what's behind those gates, but there's much more than I imagined.
Mayne has added a clever way for Lenny to keep her anxiety at bay. She creates anagrams mentally using a word that just was used in an uncomfortable interaction. And the anagrams created speak to what's happening.
This was an easy five star for me. See for yourself - read an excerpt of Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder,
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