Let me start off by saying that I knew this was going to be a different vein than Mexican Gothic, so that wasn't a disappointment for me whatsoever. However, it was just an okay read for me. It was just too much of a slow burn for me and maybe that's the way it is with all noir type fiction which means that, as a whole, the genre isn't for me. It took until page 214 for an actual body to appear on page and it's only 278 pages. That's just too long for any type of action and while I appreciate how it call came together in the end, at that point it was a little too late for me.

That said, I fully intend on reading more by this author because her prose is amazing and she does know how to draw you in and keep you engaged. This was just not a top read for me at all and was enjoyable enough to finish but not to re-read.