tl;dr
Less of a mystery and more of a story about a widow living with grief and finding healing by following her late husband's last case. Stream of consciousness style narration is intimate, but might not be for everyone.

Thoughts
There's a mystery in this book, but I struggle to classify this story as a mystery proper. Very little investigation is done, large portions of time pass with no progress, and most solutions are the result of Imogene being very easy to speak to rather than any deductive reasoning on her part. I think it'd more accurately be considered a story about Imogene's first year alone after the death of her husband Thaddeus. Narration is marked by frequent flashbacks to Thaddeus, bursts of grief, and a determination to solve the mystery rooted firmly in his last wishes. Even the ending is more focused on how she's taken the steps towards healing by solving the case, with less fanfare spent on the actual case. There's definitely a mystery at hand along with some serious reveals by the end, but don't come in expecting detective legwork and the unravelling of a web of clues.

Narration is done in first person present tense. As usual, present tense is really difficult for me, but I can understand the purpose here - The writing comes off as very stream of consciousness, as if Imogene is confiding the events of her day to a close friend over tea. There's a warmth to the confidentiality of it, but sometimes her own personal distractions distracted me as well. No one else seems to be bothered by this, so I'm going to assume that once again it's just the present tense problem coming for me.

Thanks to NetGalley and Hannah Byron for an advance copy!