The second book in the series picks up a few months after the end of the first book. Julia has been in Italy with two of her brothers and they are summoned home for the holidays. With a house full of guests a murder is the last thing on everyone's minds. 
 I liked this book a little more than the previous book in the series. The limited list of suspects was should have made the murderer easy to spot, but Deannna Raybourn did a great job of throwing in many twists and turns along the way. While I wasn't surprised about who the killer was, I was a little surprised at some of the events. 
 I enjoyed that we were able to see more of the March family. I find them a wonderful group of characters and I can only hope that more of them will be featured in stories to come. 
 So far I think this is a good series. There are moments that I wish certain events would move along quicker (ahem Julia and Brisbane), but regardless I'm happy to see where the story goes. Until Then!