The cover design and image of Queenpin clearly shows that the publishers would like it to fall into the "classic noir" category. The plot is fairly apparent from the first chapter, so I won't bother summarising it, but it does involve a first-class femme fatale. 
 Megan Abbott's style flip flops between jaw-dropping and irritating. After the first chapter, I picked up a pen and began editing her sentences. (She overused the subjunctive, created distance rather than immediacy, and tended to repetition for emphasis, which paradoxically can reduce impact.) 
 On this novel alone, with its over-stretched storyline and one-dimensional characters, I'd hesitate to read another one of Abbott's books. On the other hand, keeping in mind that this was her first novel, given a rainy day and a book sale, I may pick up another of her books. If nothing else, the cover's nice.