Assessment:

Plot/Idea: Park entertains with this collection of four mysteries following a sister detective team that specializes in resolving spirits' unfinished business on Earth, to allow them closure and eternal peace. The mysteries build instinctively, with plenty of interesting developments to puzzle out along the way, and readers will be engaged throughout. 

Prose: Park is clearly a skilled writer, delivering clear, concise prose that favors a straightforward, unfussy style to drive home the novel's plot.

Originality: Solving mysteries by way of a supernatural ability to commune with dead spirits is unique and makes this novel entertaining as well as dynamic.

Character/Execution: Park constructs characters who readers will relate to and admire, particularly in detective lead Moira, whose paranormal abilities lead to some diverting moments between the story's ghosts and the central cast.

Date Submitted: July 25, 2024