The plot is juicy and the tension is palpable.
A career in IT comes with certain perks. Working without much supervision, the closely kept secret that ‘restart the computer’ is the solution to 99% of problems, the special perspective that can only be had from underneath a desk. A chance at becoming an office Casanova is not one of the benefits that multilingual Charlie Gibbs was expecting when he accepted a position at Cunninghams. The sexy proposition is made by a middle-aged woman with a feisty agenda. Ilse, known around the office as Pleasure, is Charlie’s new boss, sent to replace the former boss who turns up murdered. Besides handling affairs at Cunninghams, Ilse is writing a sex manual for mature women, complete with personal anecdotes and helpful photographs. As such, she requires more than Charlie’s computer savvy to complete the research phase for her comprehensive book. More pressing than systems upgrades for the scandal-rocked company or sex appointments with a randy boss, however, is the murderer at large. Each time Charlie and the local investigators think the crime has been solved, the smokescreen dissipates and a new suspect pings the radar. Social unrest and greedy criminals become more threatening to Charlie every day the truth doesn’t come out.
Sixty Positions with Pleasure may reflect shades of erotica and wry humor, but at its core it is a cleverly hatched mystery/thriller. What begins as an untimely death in a small town evolves into an impassioned political movement, a greedy murder plot, and some cross-country sexcapades that will make even the most libertine blush. Intimate moments are swathed in ridiculously comical dialogue and awkward situations, adding levity to a well-plotted murder scheme. But make no mistake, the plot is juicy and the tension is palpable. The deception runs so deep that it takes several chapters just to peel back all the layers and really get to the center. Sex, sexuality and sexual preference are all examined side-by-side with mounting evidence and elusive alibis in Sixty Positions with Pleasure.
