Many "mysteries" follow a formula, and you can start to predict where they're going l-o-n-g before the curtain falls. Here's the opposite--a book that keeps you guessing from beginning to end. At first, it's a memoir of life in a raucous Irish Catholic family (fascinating to a girl who grew up in a Methodist household with one sister). Then tragedy strikes, and nothing is as it seems to be. I can't say much more without risk of spoilage, aside from the fact that I read the whole book in one sitting. Hats off to Mr. Enright for weaving such an intricate and intriguing tale.