I'm torn on this one. It wasn't bad, but it also wasn't great. It was very long and there wasn't any thriller to it. It was a lot of characters and they were all a bit bland. I really didn't care where Barbara was and honestly didn't care too much about Bear. I was curious about how the book would end, but was very let down. I don't get how this won a GR awards for mystery/thriller. I don't know, this book didn't wow me.