Mostly lovely. Perfectly pleasant, perhaps. 

The characters are flawed human beings, as we all are, and their secrets leaked out quietly over the first of the story. I disliked the main character...until the end. I enjoyed the sparse use of flashbacks the author interspersed to drop a clue squarely in your lap. As I told my mother, while this book is certainly a mystery, at it's core, it's really just about the challenge of being human and the nature of relationships. 

One of my favorites parts is at the end (not a spoiler) when you get a tour of them library in action. Delicious. 

I'll be excited to read whatever this author writes next, as I think her power as a writer will grow with time.