The Lost Diaries of Iris Weed
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"Professor Jason Larson ("Lars"), a scholar of Romantic and Victorian poetry at a prestigious Connecticut university, has an unusual way of looking at the world. He sees romance and beauty in everyday life, and lives life to the fullest. He treasures every moment with his family, every sunset - and every beautiful coed that comes his way.
Young Iris Weed, a modern-day Thoreau (or so she would like to think), approaches Lars with a novel idea for an independent study: she wants to live in her truck for an entire semester, stripped of possessions and modern-day conveniences, and document her experience in a journal for possible publication. Smitten by Iris's ambition and literary flair as well as her ivory skin, Lars agrees to become her advisor, and everything goes swimmingly. Until Iris is killed in a vicious attack in a parking lot.
And Lars, last seen arguing with Iris near the murder scene, is left holding the journal."--BOOK JACKET.
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Janice Law has a particular knack for capturing the voice of her characters, which is something she does in this book not only in dialogue, but also through the written words of the individuals who populate the book. The three main characters around whose relationships the book revolves are all writers with very distinct styles and patterns of writing, and Law captures the personalities of those words very well. The story leaves quite a bit to be desired in the first part, but the writing forced me onwards. Part 2 of the novel throws a very interesting twist into the murder mystery, and I appreciated the subtlety of the plot from there on out.