Missing jewels, an escaped convict, and an opera singer in hiding. Who wouldn't want to read that?
This played so much like a movie in my head though the vivid imagery and great story telling. I've never read a book with first person and third person POV's. I quite like it to my surprise.
Maggie and Oliver's stories collide and their individual character growth is perfectly written. There's a definite nod to the Gothic style of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre that I very much enjoyed.