Linguistics professor Paul's wife Lexy dies unexpectedly from a fall while at home alone with the couple's dog, a Rhodesian ridgeback called Lorelei. The police are satisfied that Lexy's death is an accident, but Paul becomes obsessed with finding out what really happened. He is convinced that Lorelei can tell him, and takes a sabbatical from work to focus exclusively on animal communication research. Basically, he begins to spend all his time trying to get a dog to talk.
His colleagues are convinced he's gone off the deep end in his grief, and it may well be so. But the reader can't help but wonder: What if it's possible? Maybe dogs can talk, if we listen hard enough.
This was a very interesting character story.
I also read by this author: Harmony
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