Daniel Jacobus, the blind MC of this story, seems to be a cross between Ebenezer Scrooge (the grumpy guy in the Christmas story) and Sherlock Holmes. Grouchy characters have always made me smile, unless they are also cruel, which is not the case of the main character. And since I do not really like unexpected visitors myself, I fully understand that he postponed Amadeo Borlotti's visit to the next day. But, as you surely expect, [Borlotti dies in the fire of his string shop before Jacobus sees him.

And I do not really believe that we can put the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle together by touch alone, as Jacobus does, unless these pieces are marked with Braille dotted clues. lolll

I must mention that [I am not usually very interested in insurance frauds, which is the case in this story. But despite that, I found this novel interesting enough to give it 3½ stars.

Thanks to GoodReads and the authors and publisher for providing me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.