It seemed to me that this story took a long time to go much of anywhere. Things just seemed to move very slowly. I do love reading and learning about the old historic buildings of NYC. I especially enjoyed learning about the public library that I‘d love to visit someday. I am a member of the library online, which is the best I can do for now. I found this book to be just “middle of the road”. I‘ve read and liked other books by this author better.