I actually liked the mystery is this book a great deal, and was fascinated by the characters. I would have given it 3 stars if it were not for one thing...
A young woman character is date-raped, and the man gets away with it. He is never confronted with his crime.

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She is so upset and distraught that she can't work and loses her job. A couple of weeks later, she is worried that she might be pregnant, and contemplates accusing him, but decides against it until she can be sure. At the end of the book, it turns out that she's not pregnant after all, and the author seems to think that since she didn't get pregnant, then she's okay. As long as she didn't get pregnant, then date-rape is not so bad apparently.

This made me so angry I could spit!!! The whole subject was handled very badly, and it made me sick to read about it. It also served no purpose whatsoever in the plot. It was just added for extra drama, and was completely unnecessary.
UGH!!! Hateful nasty book!!