I'm wondering if I read the same book as everyone else because as a "Mystery" book, this one was sadly lacking. Perhaps it's because I'm new to Linda Howard and therefore not as willing to just accept this as just another "brilliant" work.Firstly, it took forever to get into the story, then there's really no chemistry between the two main characters, THEN we finally get to the resolution of the "Mystery" part, and it all happens essentially "off camera." The resolution to the "Mystery" is reduced to one short line of basically "they were caught." Well, DUH! I want to know HOW they were caught! Where's the confrontation?! Where's the climax!?This anti-climax was a major miscalculation on Howard's part, in my opinion. It ruined the whole book for me. Not even the "feel good" ending was able to save it. I just felt cheated.