The Memorist by M.J. Rose

Summary: As a child, Meers Logan was haunted by memories of another time and place, always accompanied by the faint strains of elusive music. Now the hand of the past has reached out again. An eighteenth century gaming box has been discovered and Meers recognizes it as the box that she spent years imagining.

Determined to unlock the mystery of the box, she travels to Vienna to find it. With each step, she comes closer to remembering the connections between a clandestine reincarnationist society, the lost Memory Flute linked to Ludwig van Beethoven, and to David Yalom, a journalist who knows all too well how the past affects the future.

Thoughts: I read The Reincarnationist also by M.J. Rose and really enjoyed the slow, but engaging mystery that was weaved. The Memorist follows along those same lines and doesn't disappoint. Even though I didn't buy the whole memory flute idea it didn't detract or lessen the story in any way. I'm not giving it a 4 out of 5 because I did feel that the link between Meers and David came way too late in the story. I felt that it should have been developed a lot earlier and a lot further.

Rating: 3 1/2 stars out of 5