This book did not have the tell-tale 'Mystery' label on the spine when I took it off the shelf at the library, but the plot does center on the suspicious death of a character (who we never meet, but the book is written with her sister as the first person narrator, and it often addresses her spirit as if she were watching over what happens after her death). In the wake of Steig Larsson, perhaps we will see more of this--the book that is not solely a murder mystery. The new genre doesn't rise to the level of great fiction, but it does elevate the murder mystery genre.
I very much liked this book. It centers on two sisters, one wild and carefree, the other cautious and staid. The wild one dies (of course) and her sister carefully, slowly, but relentlessly unravels the inconsistancies in the stories tell about her sister to uncover the truth as it relates to her death. Well done.
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