Richard M. (algernon99) - , reviewed on 10/16/2015 + 418 more book reviews

I have been enjoying this series due in large part to the intriguing character of Jordan, born to a curiously harmless crime family, but desiring more than anything to go straight. It provides a lot of interesting tension as she tries not to use the criminal assets at her disposal to help with serious situations that definitely need her help.

It also is fun to have the love of classic mystery authors and their books playing into the stories. I am familiar with Sayers and Christie (focus of the first two books in the series), but I am a completist fan of Nero Wolfe. That made this book a bit more fun.

Now, about the book itself. The pressures of life this month did not leave much time for reading, so it took most of a month to finish it. That's never good for a book. At any rate, while reading, the book felt slow and frustrating, as not much progress was being made as the pages slowly went by. When everything was wrapped up in a Nero Wolfe-like scene with all the suspects gathered in a drawing room, it all made perfect sense. So tonight, after finishing it, I feel that there were no problems.

I look forward to the next title in the series!

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