Queen of the Night is a novel of suspense involving the murder of four people at a formal dinner on an indian reservation in the middle of nowhere. The book tells parallel stories set decades apart, and the stories of several separate individuals whose lives become intertwined.
This is the fourth Brandon Walker book. I hadn’t realized that when I started, or I would have preferred to start with the first. I can’t say if that would have made things clearer.
I thought the book got off to a slow start. The different characters were initially hard to keep apart, and there was nothing to tie the stories together. However, once the stories did connect, I found the pace of the book pick up distinctly and it became much more interesting.
The characters are interesting, if a little flat. Although the murder was unusual, it didn’t seem to matter. I thought some of the information came a bit easy, so I classify the book more as suspense than mystery. The book does provide some interesting insights into the Tohono O’odham tribe, its culture, and a little of its language.
The writing was good, but not great. It had a good flow and was easy to read. I did enjoy the book, but found it difficult to read prior to the murder.