Moody's jazz-infused mystery novel was a perfect read for me because jazz happens to be one of my favourite music genres. There was no lack of name-dropping and some interesting details about the music but I wasn't able to add any titles or artists to my music collection - I already own them all. The mystery was secondary, for me, this was more like a visit with old friends. Very enjoyable. ( )

Learned a whole lot about jazz and got inspired to buy Miles Davis "The Birth of Cool" album afterwards. It didn't really seem like a mystery novel though, more like a book about jazz music that had a dash of suspenseful "things" thrown in: a secret about the past, unknown music crib sheets, preserved recordings of rehearsal sets with Miles Davis, missing laptops.... There's a lot in there, but the plot was rather hum-drum, parts of it predictable to anyone who reads mysteries regularly. However, Moody's smooth descriptions about jazz and jazz musicians, and all the threads of the story related to music hooked me in and kept me there until the end of the book. ( )