A typical mystery that doesn't hold up to any actual thought. In addition, all the characters were annoying and there was nobody to root for. Sinclair is sarcastic even when there is no call for it. He does everything he can to avoid Alice — right up until he falls in love with her. But as is the case in so many books, their lack of trust in each other leads to all sorts of complications that simply trust would have made unnecessary. Alice is driven to prove her father innocent just on the basis that her father, even though she'd never met him, couldn't possibly have killed anybody. I'll stop there. Just stupid.