Susan Ryeland has given up her life as an editor to open a hotel in Greece with her boyfriend, Andreas. She works happily there, her only worry being that there aren’t enough customers at the remote hotel. Everything changes when the Trehernes reach out to Susan, claiming their daughter believes that a murder which happened a decade ago is solved in a detective novel, Atticus Pünd. They also tell Susan that their daughter is now missing, and that she needs to solve the mystery herself, as she was the editor of the Atticus Pünd book. So Susan travels to the Moonflower Hotel, where a man was brutally murdered ten years ago, and starts reading in hope of finding clues to solve the mysterious murder.  

This book was amazing! I don’t often read murder mystery books, but I really enjoyed this one. It had a very classic, Sherlock Holmes-esque feel to it which I loved. I also feel like so much detail was put into this book, and there were some points where it had you second guessing everything. There were so many possible suspects and clues that it was hard to make a guess as to who the murderer was. I wasn’t able to guess it in the end, and it was a shock finding out who it was and what their motive was. The one thing about this book that I didn’t like is the fact that as Susan interviews suspects she is also looking for clues in Atticus Pünd, and it is hard to remember all of the people she’s talked to as well as details in Atticus Pünd.

Though this book was a little confusing at times, it was still very entertaining and I recommend it for any older teens or adults who love a classic-feeling murder mystery story. Another good murder mystery is The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley.