The initial idea is actually quite good. For the first couple of chapters, I really thought I finally would read something more than a collection of stale cliché. Then a few more chapters on, it becomes apparent that the execution of the idea hasn't lived up to the idea itself. The MC character, despite having greater intelligence than average, seems to lack quite a bit of brain cells. This may seem paradoxical, but the mystery in the setting lacks the thorough background and hints that makes the mystery in Lord of Mysteries so interesting. What a pity.