My issues with this one remain the same as the first, but I realise after some thought, that I am the victim of the romantic tension trope.  Possibly a willing victim, as it turns out.  I understand that Stuart is bucking the trope by having the two MCs not being romantically available to each other, but alas, I don't like it.  It feels like something is missing, in spite of my not being a fan of romances.  Given the time period these are set in, and  the general attitude of society that a man and a woman can't really be partners and bond on any level other than romantically - and should they try everybody accuses them of being romantically involved anyway, I can't see this going anywhere that isn't going to irritate me.

Still, the mysteries are good, and the Singapore setting is threatening to become trendy.  The characters are growing on me in spite of the lack of oomph.  The plotting is intricate enough, though one scene gave away the villain just a few pages before the big reveal.

I'll definitely read a third one and who knows, maybe the character dynamics will go somewhere interesting without all the silly angst.

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WTF is this book?

Bloody hell, this is DARK.

“Yes,” agreed Katherine, “it was awful.”

Anne Dolan leaned forward earnestly. “What if things don’t go right, Kathy?”

“What do you mean?”

“What if they don’t believe us? They’ll send me to Framingham. I hear stories about Framingham here—it’s awful there. I’ve ridden through Framingham, and I didn’t like it . . .”

Katherine did not bother to point out to her mother that were she sent to the women’s prison there, she wouldn’t be spending much time in the town.

“They have capital punishment here now,” whispered Anne Dolan. “I remember when the governor signed the bill, I thought, That’s a terrible thing to do, what if somebody’s innocent and gets sent to the electric chair? And now it could be me, Kathy, they might end up putting me in the electric chair, have you ever thought about that? I’m scared,” she whimpered.

“They don’t have the electric chair any more, Ma. It’s poison gas.”

Right, fellow Bingo enthusiasts, it is time for the annual Michael McDowell read...a firm favourite Halloween Bingo tradition of mine, since Char hooked me on his books during the first BL Halloween Bingo.

When I checked the first few pages of the book, I discovered that the story is set in Boston. So, it is perfect for the Sleepy Hollow a.k.a. horror in New England category.

Bring on the McDowell!!!