A red herring without mustard

My wife and I 'read' this together as an audio book, in the comfort of our family room. The audio reader (reading) was adequate, not great. The story was about the same. Overall this was, however, a very relaxing enjoyment, to simply sit and be read to...

So disappointing! I was hoping this series would turn into my new guilty-pleasure reading, but after such a great first book and a so-so second book, this one is just terrible. The plot is ridiculous, Flavia is no longer interesting, and all the descriptive passages fail to set the stage, lead to clues, or provide any real benefit. Sigh.

Great fun, blew through it in a lazy afternoon. Recommended.