The problem with reading books is that they refer to other books and you feel the need to read them as well. I've never considered reading a crime novel before....but I'm reading "The Voices We Carry" and reference was made to Philip Marlowe, the main character in Raymond Chandler's novels.....so down that bunny hole I went. I don't really know how to rate this. It was engaging. I'm glad I read it, but I don't know that it will inspire me to read others. Except that another book I am reading now has actually turned into a crime novel as well.....seemed like a nice story until things got messy. A whole new world.