When I first started reading this book, I was skeptical as to whether I would like it or not.  I have to say - I LOVE IT.  I could hardly put it down once I got into it.  Barbara has a way of taking a fairytale and bringing it into today's world and making a doggoned great mystery out of it.  She has a sense of humor par excellence.  I seemed to be reading excerpts to my husband constantly, and he was laughing along with me.