The Return of Jonah Gray
Despite being attractive, intelligent and friendly, Sasha Gardner knows no man wants a phone call from her. Because Sasha is-- a tax auditor for the IRS. Every job has its downside. Auditing may interfere with her social life, but it's orderly. It makes sense. And sh's very, very good at it. But when unexpected complaints draw her into the tax return of a man sh's never met, nothing seems to make sense anymore. Using the information in Jonah Gray's return, Sasha begins to assemble his life story: a rising career as a respected financial reporter, a house in a posh seaside village, weekends sailing the coast--it all reads like a life Sasha herself had dreamed of living, down to the guy's itemized deductions. So why had he left it behind to cover school-board meetings in a one-newspaper town? What begins as a welcome distraction soon becomes a search for answers. Sasha knows it's ridiculous--sh's never even laid eyes on him--but she wouldn't be the first woman to fall for a man who looks good on paper--.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0778323609
ISBN13:9780778323600
Release Date:February 2007
Publisher:Mira Books
Length:352 Pages
Weight:0.61 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.1" x 8.0"
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
Amazed how much I liked it.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
It had the perfect balance of humor and drama from start to finish. The lead character, Sasha, is someone you connect with in the first 25 pages and from that point on you don't want to put the book down. All in all a wonderful read.
Compelling Page-Turner
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
A real story about real human people. At times funny, at times frustrating, at times sad, but always authentic and full of genuine insight into the human condition. And isn't that what great writing is about?
An Excellent Tale
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
Well done story, excellent heroine, fascinating characters and relationships. Much more than I ever expected at first glance.
An outstanding story
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
I loved Cochran's first book - Mean Season - but Jonah Gray is perhaps even better. The complexity and subtlety of the charachter development is every bit as rich and fascinating, yet she explores emotion and the human condition in an entirely believeable and enthralling way. Like Mean Season, it delves into emotional issues without feeling bleak or gratuitiously depressing. I finished it in two days and was hugely sad to see it come to an end, because it's the kind of book you're constantly drawn into. A fantastic story. A fantastic read.
A Tax Auditor? YES!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
A quirky, troubled, likable heroine, a carefully-paced plot with a compelling human mystery at the heart of it -- nothing's missing here for a reader (me, for one) who loves to dive into a book and not come up for air until it's over. Cochran took on a real challenge by choosing a tax auditor as her protagonist. Fortunately, she meets it by avoiding cleverness and going for the human complexity and unpredictability that's always there if you know where to look for it. It's great to find a new writer who can do that.
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