I picked up this book after reading a great review from an incredibly reliable source here on Goodreads. I'm really glad I did. This book is unbelievably good. Megan Abbott's prose is as hardboiled as it gets yet highly crafted so that each sentence reads with just the right amount of punch. The story has all the elements of surprise, inevitability, and more profound notions of character you could ever want from a novel. There were more than a few scenes in Queenpin that made me turn to whoever was sitting next to me (okay it was usually just Bean) just so I could say out loud how awesome a certain passage was, or else just make an "exclamation face" and go back to reading. It's the kind of book that invites a sort of "did you see that?" reaction. Perfect noir. Perfect summer read. Give yourself an "exclamation face" and buy this book.