Good: I really enjoyed not knowing for sure what was going to happen next. Annie keeps right on getting herself into all kinds of trouble and Max keeps getting her out of it. They seemed to do more investigating in this one. Just about the time I thought I might know who the killer was another clue was dropped that through my guess all out of whack. I don't think that I would have ever guessed who the killer was just from the clues...was completely surprised at the end because Annie and Max kept finding reasons why it couldn't be them until the end.

Bad: The constant reference to other books and authors was annoying to say the least. I wish that Hart would stop dropping names all of the time and just write her story. The constant name dropping detracted from the story...it was as if she wanted to make sure you knew that she was well read and new her mystery writers.

Max's mother, Laurel didn't seem to add to the story. What does all her rambling about flowers and what they mean have to do with the mystery??? I think she could have been left out or made to add to the mystery better.

That being said, I just tried to ignore the name dropping and enjoy the story.