The Mystery of Mercy Close

Trainspotters, like people with a shared hobby.’ 

This book was given by a fellow trainspotter, a book buddy, a pen friend, who became a friend because of our shared love for books and talking books, or reviewing books. In the course of friendships we have not only shared or gifted books, but wrote letters, exchanged emails and greetings. Our simple and unique friendship have surpassed over years and continents. And we share our dreams, emotions and thoughts like talking to a part of our self and a hidden one. We have never met and only talked once on phone, and that makes it even more special. 

And every gift has been precious to me. The book recommendations come when we think the other may really like the book or sometimes because it’s our favorite and the other might enjoy.  And that’s why I read it, and only took 20 months to finish this 580 page book. 

It was a chic list, a girl struggling with her anxiety and life issues, a love triangle with an ex and a good man, a detective story, a heroine with no special skills but a persuasive and obsessive approach to finding things, an Irish 35 year old woman in and out of the whack house and a mystery of a missing person, and of course a boy band in their sun set days. It’s so chiclit that there are barbecues, Alexander Mc queen’s scarf, with a bankruptcy situation, a bunch of sisterhood scenarios, a celebrity crush, a tabloid drama, a pregnancy news scandal, and anxiety pills. Although what was missing was a gay best friend, a climax airport run and a wedding proposal in the end. But it did have a happy ending where everyone is better than where they started and their is love all around. Although don’t go by the title, it’s the most unoriginal part of the book. 

But there are parts of Irish sassy humor, with list of stereotype reactions to the news of suicide attempt by the main girl character, read the paragraphs (on my blog) 

And do read the book if you like all the above and a backstory to how I got to read this book. And as the book says in its many pears of wisdom - ‘there’s always some nugget of truth in what people tell you, even if they don’t know it themselves.’