One of the most poignant stories penned by the author, even in this format - it is a mystery, murder thriller, and solved by the unlikely looking detective underestimated by most who don't know her.
Not too many murder mystery thrillers leave your heart totally in compassion with the one who perpetrated the horrors, the murders, in spite of your being completely in favour of law abiding and against the murders and in no way approving of the actions taken by the killer. One dislikes, disapproves and hates the person who is going about creating this terror, with multiple murders, and yet when one finally does get to the solution - and who better at finding this sort of mystery than the frail looking old woman with woolly hair, twinkling eyes, and generally a gentle demeanor who happens to observe unobtrusively and think sharp with her worldly experience adding to her detecting abilities - when she finally explains this one, it leaves you wrenched with compassion for the killer.