An interesting way for Anthony Horowitz to keep the storytelling fresh.  Interested to see how he already has seven more of these plotted.  He does like taking a bite of the grape ;)

I really appreciated the discussion of tropes in mystery writing and the history he provided.  ( The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino and The Inugami Curse by Seishi Yokomizo )

Like my dad, I found the ending a bit unsatisfying and for lack of a better word, dumb.

It was funny though because Dad called from a business trip in Colorado to see how far I was in Onyx Storm and said he was really into an audiobook right now but would read it next. Turns out we were listening to this at the same time by coincidence. He bought it on audible and I had it from the library! (I have the physical and audio from the library rn.)

I will say this will forever be an audiobook series for me.