Holly is a fast talking narrator and particularly in the beginning of the story I often lost track of what was going on or why I was being introduced to three new people. What isn’t helping is that often not much time is taken to set a scene.

So, by chapter ten, I did not have much of a clue of what’s going on, except that a lot of people have reason to hate Bunny Franks. Or start legal proceedings against her because not only does she take bribes (or rather engages in extortion), it seems she is not above forging contracts.

Anyway, Bunny gets killed and soon the police zone in on one of Holly’s friends as the one most likely to be the murderer. Deciding the police will only look at the easiest way out of a murder investigation rather than explore all avenues, Holly sets it upon herself to investigate.

And uncovers people had even more reason to hate Bunny than Holly already thought.

Plot’s alright, but the story needs some in the execution. A little more scene setting. And I found most of Holly’s running commentary unnecessary.

I read an ARC through NetGalley.