It is so refreshing to read a mystery in which the main characters are just regular human beings with all the faults and problems that regular human beings have. Without giving away too much, I'll say that you shouldn't expect all the loose ends to be neatly tied up in the end; that doesn't happen in real life, and it doesn't happen here.

These characters are interesting and very well developed, and, as I said before, very human in that they are frustratingly obtuse at times.

The writing in this book is gorgeous and rich, and I can't wait to read another by Tana French.