2.5/5. On one hand, it's refreshing to read a mystery/thriller set in my hometown of Vancouver, BC, featuring Nora Watts, a plucky and self-possessed Indigenous female protagonist. On the other hand, many of the descriptions of Nora, and the Downtown Eastside where she lives, border on stereotypical, down to her alcoholism, transience and sexual assault. While I can appreciate that the author was trying to shine a light on the challenges that Indigenous women face, it just came across as clumsy and tropey.