I had a hard time getting into this mystery. It was very different having the author write himself into the story and be the narrator. The style just seemed somewhat pretentious. Though I will say that it did keep me in the dark regarding who committed the murder. This just wasn’t the right murder mystery for me.

I hated that the author inserted himself as a character in the book. The story was not interesting enough to keep the audience engaged. It was hard to read to the end. The best parts were the music in the coffin and perhaps the last three chapters.