“A better man, Hazard knew, would have stopped Somers. But Emery Hazard wasn't a better man.”

i seriously get why some people were frustrated with this book, the endless push and pull, them never ever at the same place at the same emotionally? madness, pure and utter madness.

the classical stranded-in-a-manor-murder-mystery was tons of fun, though, and some parts made me so anxious i had to literally read in small-bursts with pauses in between.

also, like. there's a part somers says hazard is a joke, like “a stock character in a bad Western.” and bro, ain't that the truth. just how many times can a man growl and say he doesn't want to talk about shit, how many times can he be completely tactless and unable to talk to people and we can keep believing that he's a good cop???

sighs. anyways, this was still a really good, very frustrating and rife with tension read, lol, but yeah. so good.