One day last week, I unexpectedly finished the book I was reading on my lunch break and I can't handle a bookless commute, so I went to the Goodwill to find something to read on my ride home. I should really plan better; I do this rather often.* I was definitely swayed by the quote on the cover claiming it was "one of the greatest mysteries of all time," but it's not really a mystery novel. I was not at all familiar with the history of Richard III and the two princes in the tower, so I wasn't even aware of the mystery at the center of the novel, which is presumably what is being referred to as among the greatest mysteries. I didn't love this book, but I do enjoy anything that includes a complicated family tree that I have to refer to again and again in the frontispiece.**
* I say this, but I'm not sure I mean it. I sort of love the randomness that comes with having to choose a book from an uncurated collection. I've ended up reading some very good books I might never have sought out specifically.
** I don't know which I like better: frontispiece family trees or frontispiece maps
