I’ll admit this was a slog and I’ll also admit it had me in its grips. For me it flitted back and forth between the two. I think the real problem for me about this book was that I felt no urgency with it. There wasn’t anything about it, thematically, that resonated with me so it just felt like just another crime noir mystery. There’s nothing wrong with that and it’s well written for what it was but I didn’t often feel the urge to pick up the book to find out what happens next. At least not until the last 1/3 of the book, things do get more interesting. But ya, If it wasn’t for this book club I’m a part of I probably would have dropped it.