Very funny murder mystery, especially if you have ever been involved with either nuns or small town community theater. ( )

This book turned out to be pretty good. Not great, mind; the mystery isn't well-turned enough, although I think it was possible to guess it. I didn't, but I think one might have been able to. That said, there were so many people and so many things floating around, it didn't have as much of an edge as some other mysteries I've read. There was too much going on to really develop much of a feeling of suspense, or, indeed, of great investment in the murders.

But, as much as I like hard-boiled mysteries, I have no problem with those of the somewhat sillier kind, and this fit that bill nicely. The dialogue was all right, although the internal monologue parts were better. The characterization, again, wasn't tremendous, since there were too many of them around, but at least several of them did feel differentiated, and the main character felt like a person. The plot... well, like I said, I think he tried putting a bit too much in, but I've read worse.

This is probably also the most unabashedly gay book I've ever read, and I've read the Gumshoe, the Witch and the Virtual Corpse several times. This book wasn't nearly as good as that one, mind, but if you want a fun mystery, you could certainly do worse. ( )

Well-written in terms of craft/mechanics, with a likeable protagonist. I know it's a murder mystery, but there were an awful lot of names with which to contend - a scorecard is provided, though didn't help much. ( )