This is a slow-paced mystery that builds slowly to a not very dramatic climax. Isabel Dalhousie is an independently wealthy woman who lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, and who spends her time working as an editor of an academic journal on philosophy. While she refers repeatedly to the Club mentioned in the book title, they never actually get together to talk. The mystery in question is what happened to a young man who fell from a balcony at a concert. Was it an accident, suicide, or murder? Through her thoughtful musings and gentle conversations with friends and family, Isabel comes up with one theory or another about the incident, eventually eliciting a confession from the one person responsible. Throughout the book, Isabel's thoughts consider many philosophical questions, some of them arising from the mystery and others from the articles that she's reviewing for her journal. While I'm used to a more fast-paced approach to mystery stories, this was an interesting take on the genre, and I'm curious about how the author developed the series, which now has 15 entries.
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