I couldn't associate the name Moriarty to something so pleasantly written. But I'm not disappointed with the writing. it barely took me 3 days to finish it. Right from the beginning it was an absolute delight and a page turner. 
 I loved how the author interspersed Chick lit humor into the complicated murder and domestic violence. One can definitely relate to more than one character in the book and it's regular people like us and most of the reactions are what we would had we been in similar situations. 
 PS: I saw the casting for Big Little lies show and I could totally imagine Reese Witherspoon as Madeline