An eminently skimmable book, more of an experiment in the genre (sort of like The Floating Admiral), then a gripping murder mystery. The book consists of letters and statements written by the principal players in the tale. A lot of these letters are boring and have little to do with the plot, not that there is much of one. The death doesn't occur until over a hundred pages in, the killer is known pretty much all along after that, and one could ask how the people writing their letters and statements could remember pages and pages of conversations months afterwards. Not recommended for a mystery-lover.
