Avoid it if you love this author

I like Isabel Allende, I read almost all of it is this is one of my favorite authors. But this book is very bad, she does not know how in the detective genre. I read that she had wanted to be a pastiche of the genre, but even like that, it does not. It is usually good at stories where life takes place, feelings and stories of the characters, but here even that is missed; the stories that revolve around the so-called plot are just vapid. I understand that an author wants to do new things, it makes tests for itself, but I do not understand that everything published so far. If you've never read his books, it is important not to start with it, you will not want to read the other ...