Helpful Score: 1
It's a classic "English country house" murder mystery, although with more of a psychological suspense feel; there's no detective working to unravel the various alibis. Despite the jacket copy I wouldn't call it a thriller, the pacing is too deliberate for that. I found the first-person present-tense POV, shifting every chapter, mixed with one third-person POV, rather irritating. But we can tell from that structure who's important in the story and who can be disregarded. Foley gives only two sympathetic characters (IMO) which also helped me guess the murderer. It mostly unfolded the way I expected, but there were a few surprises, and although I didn't find it "un-put-down-able", it kept my interest.
