As many others, I was a sucker for this TikTok darling gone viral due to the author's daughter sharing her father's story.

Also, as a Hoosier I'm always excited to support fellow Hoosier authors that also set their books in Indiana. 

However, that leads to one of my biggest issues with this book: the author has so many obscure towns to choose from in Indiana, but then uses fake names and completely makes up a BS airport that's not IND, but probably close to IND for the FBI to commute to from Chicago. I guess at least he gets the Greyhound Station right in Indy?

Also I know I'm from Northern Indiana and that the dialect is completely different between north and south, but why do all of the Hoosier characters sound like they're from the deep south??

This was about three stars going into the second half, but then it derailed quickly. The ending was rushed and didn't make sense and don't even get me started on the pointless epilogue. 

I liked the theory of the how behind the crimes, but it wasn't fully explained well at the end. Nothing came together, it just fell into a jumbled mess. 

Additionally, the romance between the FBI agent and the sheriff was so ridiculous. 

Finally, the little additions of xenophobia and racism against immigrants and indigenous people were unnecessary. However, considering this was written so long ago, I'm not actually surprised that it was included.