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I am going to make this a brief but hopefully helpful review. Actually, I am not even going to say if the book is good or bad, considering how subjective that is. I am simply going to make a couple of points and then let you draw your own conclusions: 1) While I consider myself an intelligent person, when it comes to these mystery books I must admit that I'm very "slow", usually I don't figure out who the killer is until it is thrown right at my face. Lame, I know. The reason I am saying this is that while reading this book I managed to pick up on the mystery way before the "brilliant" Detective Gurney. Considering my usual ineptitude to solve mysteries, this is saying a lot. 2) The main character, Detective David Gurney, is made out to be a brilliant cop, almost a genius of superior intellect. However, throughout the book he is outsmarted by his wife several times, and he makes those mistakes that have you slap your forehead in disbelief. I have to say, I automatically disqualify any book that has its hero make those forehead-slapping mistakes that make me roll my eyes. Really, to me that is a deal breaker. If anyone had told me I would find that in this book, it would have been enough to prevent me from buying it. So if you are like me and don't like having your intelligence underestimated, I suggest you look elsewhere. If you are able to overlook that, you may find this book quite passable. Well, this was not as short as I planned, but I hope it helps!