Let me start off by saying that I almost, almost didn't finish this book. At the first quarter of it, I needed to really extend my patience because it was starting to get dragging. The plot's foundation needed to be established, of course, so I was waiting for it to be over so we can get on with it… and we did!

I'm pretty sure this is my first mystery/crime novel and I'm glad to say I enjoyed it. It's a bit tedious to read - what, with all the detailed conversations and scenes - but it was exhilarating. It was like I was in London myself and I'm trying to solve the case with Strike and Robin!! I also liked how I was trying to piece it all together, thinking I could solve it before Strike did, but I'm afraid I failed on this one... that plot twist still got me by surprise and I was gleefully impressed.

This might just jumpstart my obsession over mystery/crime novels since right after posting this review, I'm off to dig up more books under this genre. Cheers! x