“The Best of Adam Sharp” by Graeme Simsion

With the help of my well-developed Nancy Drew investigative skills, I have used Google to find pretty much every man I ever dated in high school and college. First, it was not that difficult because a) there were not that many men and b) there are dozens of ways to find people on the web, which would fry Nancy Drew because she had to go door to door. The thrill was making contact with these people and discovering that every single one of them has turned out much nicer now than when I dated them. I mean light years nicer.  For me, this was just a fun project that has now morphed into a handful of renewed friendships and one very challenging Words with Friends competition. For others, however, finding an old flame can lead to something more than friendship. “The Best of Adam Sharp” by Graeme Simsion is the story of a British Techie living in Australia with his long-time partner, Claire. One day Adam gets an email from a lost love he dated more than 20 years ago. She is an actress named Angelina Brown, and she is now living on the other side of the world from Adam. She is married, but despite this marriage she and Adam start a new relationship that propels him to France to move in with Angelina and her husband, Charlie. With twists both poignant and far-out there, this story starts out sweet and then gets very complicated, as most Internet romances do. In a delightful way, this story also comes with song references and a playlist of Adam’s favorite songs. Romances and lost loves can be tricky, and “The Best of Adam Sharp” is a testament to that. It is a modern love story for this Internet crazed world where harmless messages can foreshadow real connections and sometimes dangerous behavior. To purchase this book on Amazon click here.