Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
In the captivating sequel to 2014's The Question of the Missing Head from Copperman (the pseudonym of Jeff Cohen), Samuel Hoenig, a highly unusual investigator who runs a little service in Piscataway, N.J., called Questions Answered, puts the single-mindedness of his Asperger's syndrome to good use. With some help from his mother and from a one-time client, Samuel looks for an elusive woman, graphic artist Sheila McInerney, who lured him from his office in order to leave the body of her husband, Oliver Lewis, there. In addition to trying to figure out the mystery before the protagonist does, the reader has the pleasure of watching Samuel maneuver in a universe where other people-unlike him-are neither literal nor orderly. The complicated story focuses on Lewis's tawdry history and collection of unhappy ex-wives. Samuel gets arrested, goes on a date, and has a full-blown Asperger's crisis when things go wrong. Readers will look forward to new challenges for Samuel in his next adventure. (Oct.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Review by Library Journal Review
Samuel Hoenig runs a business called Questions Answered. It's not a detective agency; Samuel just likes to answer questions, provided they are phrased in the correct manner. He has Asperger's and details are important to him. But his newest client's question intrigues him: To whom is she married? Relationships are hard for Samuel, so he has to enlist the assistance of Janet Washburn, his former associate (introduced in Book 1, The Question of the Missing Head), in order to confer about the ins and outs of marriage. When the aforementioned spouse is found dead in his office, Samuel feels someone is taking advantage of him. Far too many people benefit from the death of Ollie Lewis, but who is the primary beneficiary? VERDICT Samuel is a fascinating character who has learned various coping methods to compensate for his inability to read people. His second adventure will captivate readers as the suspects begin to pile up. © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Kirkus Book Review
A professional fact-finder finds himself stymied by a client who's married to someone she doesn't know. In the six months since he opened Questions Answered in a strip mall in Piscataway, New Jersey, Samuel Hoenig has tackled an odd assortment of queries, including Garden State Cryonics' bizarre quest for body parts gone astray (The Question of the Missing Head, 2014). But Sheila McInerney brings him a question as odd as it is unwelcome: she asks, "Who is the man in my bed who calls himself my husband?" Sheila has reason to wonder. She went to a costume party hosted by a co-worker and met a man dressed as Zorro. Two glasses of wine later, she woke up next to Oliver Lewis, who claimed they were so smitten they had eloped to Darien, Connecticut, to tie the knot, producing a marriage certificate to back up his story. Samuel, whose Asperger's syndrome makes thoughts of physical intimacy puzzling and slightly distasteful, nevertheless feels that as proprietor of a growing business, he can ill afford to turn away prospective clients. Still, he feels inadequate to tackle Sheila's inquiry on his own, so he calls Janet Washburn, a former client who assisted with the Garden State case, to help him navigate a world of social nuance he cannot completely understand. Over her husband's objections, she agrees. But when Ollie Lewis' body turns up in the Questions Answered office and Sheila McInerney drops out of sight, it seems as if Ms. Washburn's all-too-familiar husband may have the right idea about what's a safe occupation for his wife. Just as Samuel grows Questions Answered, Copperman (who as Cohen writes nonfiction books about Asperger's) continues to grow Samuel, making him just as quirky but more appealing than in his debut. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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