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As a note, I listened to the audiobook, I did not read the text.
This is by the same author as 謎解きはディナーのあとで so if you enjoy the writing style of that series you will probably enjoy this. It's very clearly a young adult book, with all main characters being high school students and focusing on a reluctant member of the 第二文芸部 led by a 3rd year girl who aspires to be a mystery author. She insists that this student (who insists he is not a member of the club) read the mysteries that she has written and provide his thoughts. As such, this book is a larger story wrapped around short stories. It doesn't feel too disjointed however as the MC has written herself into the mysteries as the 名探偵 character.
I don't recall any vocabulary feeling too out there and generally it was easy to follow. Lots of description but nothing super flowery. As an audiobook it was well narrated and a nice relaxed listen (with murder).