This murder mystery features several quirky characters along with a romantic back story, and while it proved to be an easy read, it failed my most basic test for murder mysteries - at the end when the murderer is revealed there should be a point where you can say - oh, I see how that person is the one. In this case, it was a stretch although there was possibly one clue to the culprit. So my rating will be a 3 for readability. ( )