I was pretty exicted for this book, obviously, because it was written by the J.K rawling, but I hate to admit that just didn't like this book. The pace of this book was like a turtle walking with a broken limb. The mystry was predictable; i was about 100ish page through when i became sure of who the killer was. The back story of the detactive and her assistant was so boring and unnecssary that i didnt even brother reading it. It's a hefty book mostly filled with crap. The stroy could have been concluded in like max 300 pages.