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I listened to the audiobook, I did not read the text.
Language notes:
Heavy on dialogue, no specialized vocabulary. Nothing about the grammar is flowery. If you are listening to the audiobook there will be a time when a person is speaking on a phone and the distortion effect they use makes it hard to pick out the words a bit.
Review:
I usually really enjoy 赤川次郎 books, but this one didn't really do it for me. I think having such a young cast (the three sisters) in addition the oldest sister striking me as a complete airhead just didn't really do anything for me. I think I prefer 赤川's books with older characters. I also think he shines when he does tangled webs of relationships, which this didn't really give me. Like another reviewer, I found the mystery here pretty weak and easy to solve.
I think this book would be a ok early choice for someone getting comfortable with reading in Japanese, but I also think the author has other works at the same level which are better.