It was kind of depressing at first. Because Lady Emily was depressed, she colored everything around her the same way. As she got back to her old self then things started to pick up. I knew who the murderer was almost the whole time, a little obvious, but not their motive. There might have been a few crazy people in this book but that doesn't make one a murderer. Most of the time, the ones that seem "normal" are the ones that are your murderers.