And Then They Were Doomed is the fourth book in the Little Library series, but the first for me. And also the last. Too literary and slow paced for me. It took the characters 25 pages to open an envelop! And too dark. I like my mysteries to be light reading.

I was disappointed too in the quality of the mystery. It's not until almost halfway into the story that the mystery starts. Oh, there were a few subtle clues before, but mainly before there was darkness and rain. But soon after that, the mystery bogs down again (must be all that rain). Zoe Zola keeps thinking the whole thing is about her. Even though it is pretty obvious something else is going on. Zoe does some digging on the Internet, when on one trip to the outside world, but mainly the story is a lot of waiting until the big reveal in the end.

Two stars for the story, but I'm tempted to dock a further star because I don't like the ethics of the characters. Murderers have skewed ethics, for sure. I expect better from main characters.

Spoiler

At the very least, she could have mentioned that conspiring to commit murder is a crime too. So, no, if a group of people kills a person, they don't all get off scott free because not a single person can be held responsible. What kind of crooked reasoning is that?

I read an ARC through Netgalley.