I really enjoyed this book, and the story and writing kept getting better throughout. A translator for an alien species finds herself in the middle of a murder mystery. Could it possibly have been uninteresting with that setup? No! Still, I loved the MC, especially after she started coming into her own after the first third or so of the book. You really care about her boss, an ambassador to earth, and the pieces of the mystery unfold really well, I never guessed what the next page would involve.