A review by slferg
The Pot Thief Who Studied Pythagoras by J. Michael Orenduff

5.0

Hubert lives in Albuquerque, and runs a store with no name that sells pottery. He makes some of the pots himself, but a lot he buys from Indigenous people to sell. His pots are expensive, so he doesn't have many customers and his shop doesn't really have a name. He never got around to putting up a sign. Then a pot is stolen from a display at a park that is only one of two of it's kind known. And some people are pretty sure he stole it. So he's trying to figure that out when someone asks him to steal the other one from a local museum. Hubert's friend, Susannah, a perpetual student who is going through all the majors (apparently) at the college, meets with him every evening at 5 at the local bar where they drink magaritas and talk about things in their lives. She has some friends that are designing logos for a business class and asks if they can design one for him. He says sure, but he doesn't even have a name for his store. So they'll just have to design it and he'll see if he likes it. A special agent accuses him of stealing the pot from the park, since he's trying to think of a way to steal the other he feels a little guilty. Actually he's not sure he's going to steal if, but playing around with the idea. But he has been reading an anthology of articles about Pythagoras that keeps coming up.
The book is a little different, but very interesting. Hubert has a nephew who is very good at computers that he's always calling for help - who helps him out for money. Just a little to tide him over.......There is quite a bit of humor and I like the way the story is told.