I caught this audio as a skip the line at my library and thought why not. I’ve seen it around bookstagram for a long while and while the cover did not draw me in my fellow grammers reviews certainly did. I definitely am glad I caught it when I did or it may have taken me longer (if at all) to get to.

While I don’t want to go into to much detail to prevent spoilers and ruin the fascinating plot I will say if you haven’t read this book, you absolutely should. Pay attention however from the beginning where the book starts somewhat slow as every single plot point is important in figuring out who kills Evelyn Hardcastle. Maybe it was just me but for the first short bit I was not totally invested and while I was enjoying the story I was like okay, this is alright. The writing was so vivid that I could see the grounds and rooms of Blackheath Manor.

The audio was so fun to listen to and once I was truly paying attention I could not stop listening. Twist after twist after turn after death I HAD to discover what the heck was going on. I found myself laughing and gasping and ahaing and pausing to reconsider characters and events so often that when we finally reached the pivotal moment in the book I was truly truly impressed and stunned at the outcome. This was like nothing I have ever read before and it ended up being EXACTLY my kind of book.

CW; talk of rape, murder, assault