sentences:  This novel is the second to take place against the setting of the imaginary New England town of Wrightsville (following "Calamity Town") and, as is common in the Wrightsville novels, depends more on characterization, atmosphere and the observed minutiae of small-town American life than many other Queen novels, especially earlier ones, which are more stylized puzzles.Very intelligently, Dannay and Lee used this change in locale to loosen the structure of their stories.More emphasis was placed on personal relationships, and less on the details of investigation.