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Very much like reading one of the better Inverted Mysteries by Freeman Wills Crofts.

It’s quite entertaining. Turns out it’s an Inverted Mystery - we know who the killer is - and I’m glad I skimmed a few of the reviews to learn at the last minute that it’s an Inverted Mystery, because like at least one reviewer says, a synopsis on the back of a certain edition (mine!) doesn’t tell you it is. I did want a traditional whodunit after Blue City, and now I’ll be even hungrier for one. But, I like this.

No Tears for Hilda - by the same author but under a different name - started strong, but then turned into such a lousy book (someone decided to read it, after I raved about its first several chapters…I was so embarrassed!), that I could be forgiven for avoiding the author for the rest of my days. But seconds chances are a polite move in bookland, and so I picked this up because I knew at the time it was a rare find.