43. Callander Square - Anne Perry

I didn't realize that I had borrowed so many mystery novels from my aunt. Probably because the selection process was more like her piling my arms full of books than anything else. It's turned out ok because as you can tell by the fast and furious rate at which I am managing to finish said mysteries that they are a relatively quick read. And I'm not against the quick reads as I am only 10 days from the wire with 7 books still to go. But I think I am going to need a substantial break from the criminal mind by the time I am done. Plus there is not a lot to write about unless I want to give away the whole solution, and, as I learned when I was 6 and had a hamster put on my head for spoiling the end of a book, that is never a good idea.

This book was kind of quaint, set in 19th century London. And one thing that I learned is that I would not have made a good 19th century woman. Check this out:
"...if you wish to be happy, you must realize that it depends on your husband being happy ... You must teach him to want what you want, and if possible even to think that it is his idea. ... You must learn to be courteous to him at all times, or nearly all; never to argue with him, or disobey him, in public, and if you must do it in private, then do it with a smile , or with tears. Don't waste your time trying to be reasonable, men do not expect it and it disconcerts them."
p 158
Makes me think of those 1950's brochures on how to be a good little woman. Ugh.