Two things really annoyed me about this book. One was the cut and paste from the first book when the author had to provide information about the background of the town and some of the continuing characters. Maybe it was more noticeable to me because I was reading the first and second books so close together, but it struck me as lazy writing because the language was totally the same. At least find some new way to express the same information. Yes, one character is gay and hates his first name, another one won $25,000 on Jeopardy-- but neither point is germane to this particular mystery!Second, the climax when the killer is revealed is handled in almost exactly the same way. Not that the killer is any surprise. Western Union couldn't have telegraphed it any more obviously.So, no, I don't recommend this book.