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Sorry, but I just can't get into this author's books. Let me clarify - I did read it through, I just didn't care much for it. The shame is that I actually enjoyed some of the humor, and it's hard to find a good murder mystery with humor. However, some of it is so juvenile it just made me uncomfortable for the supposedly adult character saying the not-so-funny lines. In one case, he actually puts himself and another person's life at risk just in order to say something he thought was funny, i.e. something a 7-year old would say. Another problem I found was that there were too many unexplained things that just wouldn't happen. Without risking too many spoilers (in case you still want to read it), the main character goes to a house that has been abandoned for 8 years. For some reason, the electricity is still on and the phone is still hooked up. There is no explanation of who is paying for this or why. He turns on the water because of course none of the pipes have burst or anything in that time, and the water is brown. Still, he takes a shower (in brown water???) and uses a towel that has been hanging on the towel rack for 8 years! Wouldn't that be just a tad dusty? Maybe he didn't notice, since he was just wiping off brown water. In case I thought I missed something, he calls the plumber the next day to fix the brown water issue, so no, I didn't miss it. Then some guy calls on the phone, the main character answers it, and even though this caller is a total stranger, the main character goes to see him and bring him stuff. Huh? That was just a way to get this character introduced so he could tell a sub-story a la Nicholas Sparks. Didn't work for me. Now for my biggest pet peeve.... definite SPOILER ALERT here. I have now read two of Nick Pirog's books. In both, the main male character meets two drop-dead gorgeous women who, of course, fall for him in spite of his lack of maturity or personality. How to resolve this? Easy - one of them dies, and the main character moves on with that little conundrum behind him. Whew! Crisis avoided. YUCK!