Review: Liked the writing
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 16, 2014
I enjoyed the writing, the main character, and the tough persona of a lady trying to be a detective in WWII era NY despite her family's disapproval.  The author made a choice to tell the reader a lot more about the motive behind the crimes than the detective, Percy, knows.  I'm not sure I'm in favor of that choice.  The mystery would have been better without the notes between the perpetrators.  But after reading through to the end, I can see why she made use of that device to set up the twist at the ending.It wasn't my favorite mystery novel, but I enjoyed the writing style and especially the characterization.  I gave it 4 stars because it was good enough to motivate me to look up more of this author's works.A side note, it appears that the book once had a different title, something like Persephone Cole and the Halloween Murders.  That was a little confusing when I tried to find other books by this author, but I finally figured out that they appear to be the same book.