“I have to admit, this was better than the last one, and probably as good as the first one. This book was better written and easy to understand. The only criticism I have is the romance, especially between Margo Green and Smithback seems forced. I understand that it is not a romance novel, but why throw it in there if it is not going to be smooth and believable. Anyway, I do love the fact that everything is explained (although I am not sure I still understance WHAT Constance Green is....really), but the rest is. I now know why Diogenes hates Aloysius (although it is silly) and I am glad that D'Agosta and Lieutenant Hayward worked it out. Now that I am writing this review, there were a FEW things that I didn't like....I really didn't understand why Diogenes picked on the poor curator for the magazine, and why no one suspected who he really was. However, I thought it clever the whole "reopening" of the exhibit to commit the ultimate crime. There were some good parts (Constance goes Rambo) and some not so great parts (Constance preggers), but I am not sure if I would read another in the sequel. I would rather the images of Constance telling her fate; Diogenes' appearing to shall we say "meet his fate"; a budding romance between Pendergast and Constance (although he mentions some foolishness about a monetary to get his thoughts together); and the rekindling of romance between Hayward and D'Agosta linger in my mind with old Eli Glinn and Pendergasts' sidekick backing them all up. Hopefully this is it, but with the cliff hanger, who knows. Uh...I thought I said one criticism, I guess it may have been more than one, but I enjoyed the novel. LOL”