I wanted to like this book - I listened to it read by the author and, to his credit, he made for an excellent narrator.
That said, this book frustrated me to no end with tropes like deus ex machina, reveals of "he was dead all along!!", and epilogues of "I was secretly a sociopath". I love small town whodunnits because of the character studies and the fact that reveals tend to be simple and satisfying. This book fell flat on both counts for me and left me disappointed.