I always like reading a good mystery – and this one was quite satisfying. The pacing of the story, the mysteries that kept coming up, and even a murder-mystery party – all of these kept me reading.
The book had plenty of twists, which I won’t go into here but I will say that unlike some other mysteries that I’ve read lately I didn’t see them coming.
Some parts of the book I felt had been done before – getting a little tricky with timelines and hiding characters you’ve met before by changing their name… these are tricks that only work when you are reading the story rather than seeing it, and I’m still not sure if they are fair tools to use on a reader.
The summation of the story made everything clear in the end, although I did feel like this book helped me determine just where my limit for believability really was. Just a little bit farther and I might have been less inclined to recommend the book.
Next I am reading The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer.
