He had hoped to spot the flickering shadow of a murderer as he turned the file's pages, but instead it was the ghost of Lula herself who emerged...

I rarely read murder mysteries and I think the problems I had with this book are related more to the genre than the writing. I must admit I only read this book when Rowling was outed as the author and she does another great job of creating unique characters inside their own world. However, that wasn't enough for me to get over the formulaic approach of these murder mystery books and this is why the book didn't rate a higher star rating.