This book has enjoyed enormous popularity, and with good reason. Before this summer, I had little interest in reading it. Mysteries are not really my thing, but a good portion of my friends were reading and loved it, so when my MIL loaned me a copy, I gave it a try. 
 The first 45 pages were hard for me. I didn't care about the background and the financial stuff...zzz. But somewhere in the 70s, I got hooked. And then I had difficulty putting it down. The story is compelling, the characters are interesting, and I even enjoyed the mystery aspect of it. I would give it 4.5 stars if I could! Looking forward to reading the next one.