After reading Julie’s review of Loitering With Intent, I was really quite intrigued to read a Muriel Sparks book. Unfortunately, being in a small town, the library didn’t have Loitering, so I was on my own to choose which one of the three books the library did have would be a good read. I did reasonably well. Aiding and Abetting didn’t quite live up to the book jacket description; I didn’t find it either “hilarious” or a “witty jab at the upper class”. It was an intriguing, though slightly werid, story though. It’s based on the case of Earl Lucan from 1974. I guess he murdered his children’s nanny, hoping to get his wife, and then has been in hiding for 30 years. Okay. Sparks took off on that and went into motives and means of support for his exile. But there were a couple of odd sub-plots that just didn’t quite fit. What on earth did the story of the stigmata fraud/psychiatrist have to do with anything? Or the whole sub story of Lucan’s old friend and the daugher of another friend going after Lucan to hunt him down? Didn’t get it. In short, I finished the book, but I don’t think I enjoyed it. Next time, I’ll just stick to the book recommended.