I like a locked room mystery, but the Paris Apartment ceased to be a “locked room mystery” the moment the author introduced hidden staircases.
The basic premise had potential but the writing style was nothing special. There were too many incidences of shattered glassware and too many injured knees. The main characters, their backstories, and eventual connections to the crime bordered on caricature.
I finished the book only because it was easy to read.
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