There just wasn't any depth to this book. Not that I was expecting War and Peace, mind you, but I was certainly expecting more than what I got. Based on very little evidence AT ALL and with every scintella of evidence pointing directly at only one suspect (and glaringly obviously so) we know who the murderer is almost upon the first mention of him in the book. Characters are physically well-described, however their personalities are flat and one-dimensional. No one in the book dares question or challenge the main character - all are enamored of her including any and all law enforcement types. Her romance with a young man she has just met is not germaine to the story line and yet it fills up page after page after page. Sorry, it's just not a good story.