I really wanted to like this book, but it is very sexist and a product of its time. There is no reason for the woman in black to be an exhibitionist except to tantalize the audience that the author was aiming to entertain, i.e. men. She is otherwise a fairly fun femme fatale, but the writing of the dialogue for her and some of the other characters do not carry the story forward as quite believable. Also, some of the sentences are just a bit off. Hard to tell if that is from the original author or the translator.

I am all for a fun, smart detective or thief story, I just don't think this one is for me.