thenovelbook's review
3.0
Quick read. This short story has shout-outs to Mystery on the Orient Express, and is a good example of a locked-room mystery. I thought it was pretty engaging.
cantwelljr's review
1.0
I would not have picked this up ever based on my previous experience with Jaya Jones, the world's most annoying wannabe Indiana Jones. But I needed an award-winning short story and here we are. I hoped that maybe since this isn't the first in the series the characters would be a little more realistic and tolerable but alas, no. Jaya and her friend Tamarind are both incredibly rude and needlessly aggressive, as are Simon and Kenny. Everyone else has so little personality it's hard to even come up with what to say about them. I know it's a short story, but I've watched episodes of Scooby Doo with better character development. They usually have better mysteries too. This was just stupid.
It won an Agatha Award for best short story and all I can say is it must have been slim pickings.
It won an Agatha Award for best short story and all I can say is it must have been slim pickings.
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