Cyndi J. (cyndij) reviewed on 7/19/2017 + 1031 more book reviews

Well...it was okay but I like her Ruth Galloway books better. This one does have sympathetic characters, an interesting plot, and a couple of twists. But Griffiths telegraphs the first plot twist with giant clues so it's no surprise when the reveal comes, and I had a "so what" reaction to the second one. I was able to put it down in the first third and go pick up another book, but once I got past the middle I kept reading straight through. It seemed to me that the magic tricks didn't play a big enough part. While the murderer used titles of tricks to inspire the killings, it just didn't seem to me that the whole magic bit was crucial to the mystery. But if it is the start of a new series she's got lots of potential stories involving these characters.

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