" I think maybe I need to take a break from Ruth for a bit to better appreciate her strengths. This particular novel has many of her hallmarks, but feels more dated given the setting--a seventies-era rock concert. The novel takes me back to old episodes of Ironsides and Hawaii 5-0 with the psychedelic camera work and the du. wacka, wacka sound track playing as the chief works his way throught the crime scene. As usual, Rendell uses an outside work to provide additional context to the mystery. This time it's the lyrics to a rock song created for the purpose. That thing got worked to death in the course of the story. As usual, the story focuses on an unstable female character, who in this novel has a Jim Morrison knock-off as her Svengali-like foil. "
— Stacey, 2/2/2014