This book impressed me, the writing was efficient yet informative which I love. Characters were properly fleshed out, only as much as they needed to be, no clutter. I loved Ray's grandma, and his Aunt Rochelle, they were delightful and sweet and I appreciated their support of Ray and his talents. I also found this more suspenseful than I thought I would simply because I like Ray and I was panicking with him when the violin went missing. I also didn't even see it coming in the end, which is probably mostly why I was so impressed, they got me! This was a great read and I recommend it, especially to anyone that likes a mystery with some heart & history, but doesn't like grizzly murder.