I really wanted to enjoy this book in the Detective Murdoch series, but I just couldn't get into it. There was much too much going on in the book for my attention and interest to land anywhere. Too many side stories, too many characters, too many diversions from the main mystery. I got over half way through it, but my library loan expired before I finished it. I think it says something that I did not renew the book so I could read the whole thing.