The meaning of night

I just can't get into this book, so I'm leaving off on p. 86. Maybe I'll get back to it sometime in the future...

At first, I was almost disappointed that the story strayed so far from the initial topic of murder, but then I got really into it. I felt that the language had an appropriate level of Victorian-era flourish without sounding too silly. I shouldn't have picked this as one of the three books I have to read in December to meet my goal, though. I wish I could've given it more time.