A review by librarianryan
In the Ballroom with the Candlestick by Diana Peterfreund

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

 
And the story concludes. This is by far the weakest story of the trilogy, but it does wrap things up in a nice bow.  The Murder Crew discover that Green was a twin, but the mystery of which twin really died, who is the bad guy and can we ever recover because the biggest question in the last murders of the series.  Part of me wanted a Happily Ever After, or at least a funny end.  But we got a Clue movie end.  Meaning there were multiple ends, and one could choose an end, or just accept that the final end was the real end.    This was the worst book of the group and felt like more of an afterthought.  They did not have Tim Curry to hold everything together and get us laughing.  I am glad I read the series, but I am even more glad it is over.