How could I resist, with a title like Death of an Ambitious Woman? Particularly when the sub-title points out this is a mystery with a female detective. I will admit that I thought this was just the most recent in a series I’d never heard of and was kind of surprised to realize it’s a debut novel. I hope there are more. I kind of like the people of New Derby – even the bad people.
I also liked that while I knew who did it, I didn’t know exactly how. And I also didn’t know EXACTLY what was going on with the other suspects who were all guilty of lots of stuff. Nothing super surprising occurred but there were enough twists that I read the book straight through last night and never once thought about putting it down.
If you like mysteries – give this one a try.