This is a proselytizing murder mystery with " written by a Christian homeschool mom" vibes. I appreciate the respect the author attempted to pay to mental health and people who deal with things like schizophrenia. That being said, it's hard to take literally anything seriously when gruesome murders are happening and characters are responding with exclamations you'd hear from a third grader in the 1950s like "holy buckets!" And "what the what?!" I just had to roll my eyes. 

The dual timeline thing was really cool, the writing itself isn't bad, but by the end of the book, every single character was getting preachy and "god will fix this for us" and just. It was too much. I'm not religious, but I don't mind people acknowledging their religion in their writing. But this was too much. If you're into Christian literature then this would be a great choice. The final plot twist or two felt out of pocket but the mystery overall was decent. But uhhhh. Yeah. Too much proselytizing and weird non-swears.