"Raymond Chandler meets Nick Hornby" was the pull quote that got me to read this. And it's apt, though I think it's more Hornby than Chandler.

It leans very heavily on High Fidelity, Jett isn't on a quest to revisit her old romances, but it happens in any case. Much of the focus switches between the murder mystery, Jett's love and work life and the revisits.

The mystery is probably the weakest part of it. I called the killer before they were introduced by name in the story, though I was hazy on the reasons until 3/4 of the way through. And it does suffer from the painful thing of character who wants the killer found doesn't tell the detective really important information that they're like "oh yeah, that would have been good to know".

There are some dumb bits, but I got dragged along for the ride and felt good at the end of it so I'd say that's a win. It did feel somewhat refreshing in a way.