Death and the Sisters

How it reads

Death and the Sisters is historical fiction (historical mystery, specifically), and its dominant mood is tense. The suspense is the kind you feel in your shoulders. The pace is moderate — neither a page-turner nor a slow burn — so it holds up whether you read it in long sittings or short ones.

It's set in a big city setting, in the historical past, told in the third person across several viewpoints. Its central concerns are secrets, family and justice. In weight it sits in the middle: substantial without being heavy going.

It opens a series. The ending resolves happily. At 324 pages it's an ordinary novel's length. It's moderately known: read by plenty of people, but not a household name.