I liked the book enough to get the rest of the series so far, but I do wish that the author would stop throwing modern slang into what is supposed to be a period book. It's really not that difficult....just don't put it in! It's almost jarring when you're really absorbed in the 1920s atmosphere, and suddenly something isn't right....and it's the language. It's as jarring as watching an episode of I Love Lucy and hearing her say "foshizzle".
I really enjoy the plot twists, the overall writing style is interesting, and I have to admit, I lost some sleep reading these books because they are hard to put down. I also like the part in the back where the author explains which events never happened, or happened at a different time, where she took artistic license, or what buildings she used to come up with some of her scenes, products that existed around that time, but perhaps packaged or made somewhat differently. I find that part almost as interesting as the book, although I would not have known or guessed about most of them (like a piece of furniture mentioned in one of the books not being readily available until a year or 2 later than the time period we are reading about, that took some research!).
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