My job here is to review the best mystery story I read each week. So: what's a mystery story? Otto Penzler defined it as a story in which crime or the threat of crime is a major element.
By that definition this story doesn't count. Oh, you could split hairs and point to some laws being broken or bent, but it is hardly the point of the tale. But this is a story of detection, so I decree that it qualifies.
Trent, Colin, and Ray are roommates and Trent is having troubles. First of all, he is struggling with the LSAT exams. Second, he has an unrequited crush on Ray. And third, there's the corpse on the hall table.
Well, not a corpse exactly. A box containing a bag of cremated remains. It was mailed to their apartment by persons unknown for reasons unknown. And so the detection begins. This is a convoluted tale that seems like it should fall apart in a flurry of coincidences, but Greene connects the dots in a satisfying manner.
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