The Red Palace

This is a well-plotted mystery with a strong, strong MC. And the complexity of character relationships intermeshed with the mystery and suspense of the plot was done really well. I will say this book is more plot-driven than it is character-driven, but the characters were not necessarily lacking, they just were not focused on as much as the plot. Well developed setting, though, and still good characters, making the book a suspenseful mystery I enjoyed.