As a huge historical mystery/noir fan, I was really looking forward to this book, and was excited to get an ARC. Unfortunately, this didn't work for me as well as I hoped.

I liked the setting and atmosphere, but found the mystery very convoluted and hard to follow, and while I don't mind an antiheroine, I had trouble liking or rooting for Ginny. The prose was nice, but sometimes seemed to prioritize style over clarity, adding to my confusion at points about what exactly was going on in the story. I hope this novel works better for others.

This was a great debut novel from Olesya Lyuzna and enjoyed the Prohibition element worked overall. The plot has that element that I was looking for and enjoyed getting to know this world and characters. The characters had that element that I was looking for and worked in this type of book. I was invested in the mystery and so glad I got to read this.