"The train was putting on speed."
Description:
"Private detective Benny Cooperman becomes his own client in a most puzzling investigation. Benny awakes in the hospital recovering from a serious blow to the head, with a condition called alexia sine agraphia; in layman's terms, he can write but he cannot read. And his memory has been affected too; although he can quote lines from his high-school production of Twelfth Night, he finds himself brushing his teeth with his shaving cream. Even his girlfriend's name, Anna Abraham, eludes him.
But when Benny realizes that he was found unconscious beside a dead woman, he figures he must have been close to solving a case. With Anna working as a field agent, and two cops reluctantly sharing their discoveries, Benny pieces together the events that led to a murder -- and his own injuries." -- from the back cover
My thoughts:
I enjoyed this mystery featuring Benny Cooperman. I picked this book to read after Engel's memoir, The Man Who Forgot How to Read, as the main character also developed the same condition, albeit under different circumstances (head injury (Cooperman) vs stroke (Engel)). I liked how Engel had Cooperman not just struggle with reading and memory but also try to figure out why he was attacked and who did it. I look forward to reading other books in this series.
Date read: 8/5/2015
Book #: 17
Series: Benny Cooperman, #11
Rating: 3*/5 = good
Genre: Mystery
ISBN-10: 0786717173
ISBN-13: 9780786717170
Publisher: Caroll & Graf
Year: 2006
# of pages: 236
Binding: Trade Paperback
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