Honestly, I love anything that centers around Lena Adams. By far, favorite character. Everything she does is just absolutely wrong and she always makes everything so much worse, but is completely justified in her own mind. Magnificent character development.

But overall, this book bored me a little. I didn't care at all about the mystery, and the investigation felt incredibly lacking. There was so little new information that it felt like there were no suspects (except the random racist dude) or clues (except Jeffrey's gut feeling) and it took a long time for me to care. Even the ending was a little underwhelming.

I also really wasn't a fan of the role the Linton family played in this book. It felt very forced and didn't flow with their previous development, and despite its importance to the main characters, it got pushed to the side in favor of some apparent suicides. I would have liked more time developing their grief and pain for a subplot like this.

I still really enjoyed the background of this book, but the mystery itself dragged it down for me. Still really enjoyable and I'm looking forward to the second half of the Grant County series.