I was amazed that my primary suspect in the first third of the book was pretty much confirmed midway through, and I kept thinking "there has to be a twist here, it couldn't be that obvious!" There was indeed a twist, which I didn't predict, but it didn't shake me from simply revising my theory, which turned out to be correct.There are some love scenes in the book which certainly don't detract from the overall work, but are so briefly written, it makes me think they are written by someone with no more experience than reading Penthouse Forum.All that said, the book is well constructed, with workmanlike pacing and plotting. I think it simply lacks imagination.