jazzy_dave | Book 70 - Angela Huth "Easy Silence"

Angela Huth "Easy Silence" (Bloomsbury)

This quirky, amusing, dark tale centers around the lead violinist of a quartet in England named William. This protagonist finds he must replace his prized viola player who has recently succumbed, and so decides, with the agreement of his 2 other members, to add a talented young female player to the group.

Once Bonnie joins the quartet, something very strange happens to William....although happily and comfortably married to wife Grace for many years, William becomes madly infatuated with Bonnie. Nothing can seem to keep him from falling for her ~ hard. Even though he adores his wife and his comfortable, familiar life with her, he decides he must have Bonnie. The only way to take Bonnie as his own, William decides, is to kill Grace.

The story proceeds with William conjuring up different scenarios and methods of murder, without much thought to the finality and the actual horrendous act ~ he merely sees it as a means to an end. So infatuated he is with Bonnie, so strong his passion for her, that even though he continues to love his wife in theory, he still feels the only way for him is to get rid of Grace.

This story was delightfully dark, funny, quirky....each character was very realistic and the plot was absorbing. Some surprises along the way kept the book going at a good pace. I didn't want to put this book down. Superbly written, this richly satisfying novel was a wonderful and different read. Although I could have predicted the ending, which was nice....I was sort of hoping for something a little more exciting. But overall, the book was very good and a page turner.