When his wife dies in a fall from a tree in their backyard, linguist Paul Iverson is wild with despair. In the days that follow, Paul becomes certain that Lexy's death was no accident. Strange clues have been left behind: unique, personal messages that only she could have left and that he is determined to decipher. So begins Paul's fantastic and perilous search for the truth, as he abandons his every-day life to embark on a series of experiments designed to teach his dog Lorelei to communicate. Is this the project of a madman? Or does Lorelei really have something to tell him about the last afternoon of a woman he only thought he knew? At the same time, Paul obsessively recalls the early days of his love for Lexy and the ups and downs of life with the brilliant, sometimes unsettling woman who became his wife.

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A sad story, but I really enjoyed my time with this book. Certainly the premise is a little far-fetched, but no more so than in many of the books I read. Paul somehow reminded me of Henry from The Time Traveler's Wife which is no small praise from me as I loved TTTW.

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If it's anything like TTTW it has to be good! I look forward to reading it.

Offered to the Oz Vbb, which will impel me to read it –– only 8 years later!