Even Better Than the Others

I belong to a book club which has several intelligent women who are avid readers. Ours is a little different from the usual book club. Each of us reads whatever, and then reports on a chosen book or two at the monthly meeting. While the books cover a wide range of topics, including fiction, nobody ever reports on mysteries or courtroom drama. The women read them, but dismiss them as "mind candy". I've limited my choices for this blog in pretty much the same manner.
The book I just finished impressed me so that I wanted to share it with you. It is The Quiet Game by Greg Iles (1999). In it, the main character is a former prosecutor, who has become a best-selling author. His wife has died recently, and in an attempt to help his four-year-old daughter cope with the loss, he returns to his childhood home, where his parents are still living. Without going into the complexities of the situation, I'll just say that he becomes involved in searching for the killer of a man who was murdered 30 years previously. Aside from a whale of a good story, Mr Iles showed so much sensitivity in writing about the man's feelings about the women in the story.
This is an excellent book. If it's "mind candy", who cares? I loved it.