I've read a lot of this author's other books, so I was excited to be approved for an advance copy of this one. Unfortunately, it didn't work for me as well as I expected it to. The dialogue was very stilted and tell-y, and the attention to period detail often felt shoehorned in. I also never found any of the characters particularly compelling. The mystery itself was fine, if predictable, but again, the debriefing/denouement seemed cumbersome. I'm rounding up to get to four stars here, I'm afraid.

My thanks to the publisher/NetGalley for an advance copy of this book.