Exellent so far...

This is the book I just started. It's excellent so far. Her book, Accordion Crimes, is truly  exceptional.

Abandoned....just bland as hell.

Boring, bland, abandoned. Next...

A novel within a novel....

I blame Pirlot for all the murder mysteries I have been reading, her, or The New Yorker. Anyway, this was one of those books that I could actually read for hours at a time. I will not give away any details here, but the novel within a novel is great, rather than too precious. At times the book may be too clever for its own good, but I think that is actually the point.