I should have put this book down after the first chapter. I found the writing both boring, disjointed and hard to follow. Frequently, throughout the book I found myself flipping back trying to figure out what in the world was going on and how we got from one place, one topic to another. I also never cared about the characters. I thought I would enjoy reading about a mystery that takes place in Las Vegas because I have family there and am familiar with the strip but that didn't help at all. The locale may be the reason I decided to suffer through it instead of putting it down.