2024/065: The Gaugin Connection — Estelle Ryan

2024/065: The Gaugin Connection — Estelle Ryan

The panic of such messiness sat in my throat like a large piece of dry bread. [p. 115]

Dr Genevieve Lenard is a high-functioning woman on the autistic spectrum: she's socially inept and does not understand irony or sarcasm, but is unparalleled at reading body language and other non-verbal cues, and at visualising patterns. She works at an insurance company, identifying fraudulent claims: her boss Phillip understands her limitations and knows how to give her space to excel. Genevieve's relationship with Phillip is based on respect and trust, so she's prepared to listen when Phillip's friend Manny, a police detective, asks for her help in solving what at first seems to be a simple murder investigation.( Read more... )