Title: A real-life string figure enthusiast says "Yes!"
Product review: Being a real, living, card carrying member of the International String Figure Association, the premise for this mystery is a natural hook for me. Maybe the characters are somewhat one-dimensional, but that dimension is a hoot. As several of the characters point out in the book, only a true enthusiast of the art form would see the value of a lost manuscript by Caroline Furness Jayne as worthy of crime. These characters display all the necessary obsessions to make the plot work.The plot may not have been highly intricate--certainly not nearly as intricate as the Inuit figure "Polar Bear Caught in a Fisherman's Net," which I have yet to master. Nonetheless, it was engaging enough to string me along, and though I'd had my guesses about the identity of the murderer, that really isn't the point. This book is a fine example of the adage, "It's not the destination, but the journey that matters."
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