Nanny case, to the business at hand:
I have been "late" to work twice this week, and it is all the fault of Mr. Bruce Kimmel. Since I usually arrive at work exceedingly early, late is a relative term, however, and I was here before anyone else.
But Mr. Kimmel (I know he hates dislikes being called that) must bear the blame. I did, however finish Writer's Block, so being late was well worth it. I couldn't bring the book to work, of course, because it would have kept me from performing my more important tasks in the office. Like posting to this here web site, for instance.
I am happy to say that, with 50 pages to go I had a Jessica Fletcher moment and figured out the who (but not the why, how, when, and other interrogatives) from a clue that appeared very early on in the book. I mean very early.
I didn't catch any anachronisms, intentional or otherwise, but I was a bit annoyed by the grammatical slips of one or more authorial voice, anent accusative pronouns.
As for the shocking head-turner somewhere midnovel, which others have found off-putting. I did not find it off-putting. I actually found it quite on-putting. I love that sort of stuff. Do it myself. Which accounts for my initial guess as to the identity of The Real A, for those of you familiar with ancient internet history.
Anyway, in a word:
Delightful!
Bruce, you are indeed a man of many talents. As if we didn't all know that already.
