Dark Aura by Diana O'Hehir

Title: Dark Aura
Author: Diana O'Hehir
Series: Carla Day #3
Genre: Mystery
Pages: 273
Copyright Date: 2007
Cover: Lots of purple. A woman lies head down in a rocky stream. Her shirt is bright pink and she seems to be wearing tight blue jeans.
First line: "'She's going to die,' I say."
Best part: The setting and the circumstances were original.
Worst part: This may seem an odd complaint - but all of the characters called the elder of the story, Carla's father, "honey," "baby," and "sweetheart" all the time. She never calls him Dad and no one calls him by his name. See more behind the cut.
Imaginary Theme Song: "Do You Remember the Time?" by Michael Jackson
Grade: C+
Recommended for: People interested in a mystery series that's a bit different. Folks that do elder care.
Related Reads: The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards. (I don't have much in this category - recommendations about caregiver mysteries and those taking place in rural California? Anyone?)

( What I know about Alzheimer's actually fits on an index card. )

Dear Dr. LJ...

I remember a post a while back about getting people to do what you want in relationships. The guy was basically saying he says to every woman he has dated "Never lie to me, that's all I ask," and women lied to him over and over. Finally, this happened with a woman he was involved with and he asked why. Why why oh WHY would you lie to me when you know it's the only thing I ask you not to do?

She said, well, you never accept it when anyone disagrees with you and keep asking them to change their mind and in the end it's easier to just say sure, I liked that movie too. And this taught him about the way that he was actually reinforcing the behavior of lying even though he was dead set against it.

Does anyone know what I'm talking about or remember where it was? Can you find it? I want the link for an article I'm thinking of writing about positive reinforcement.

Help me, Doctor Eljay, you're my only hope!*

*Googling "lying in relationships" was worse than useless.