This left me more emotional than I expected. Most of the story is told with an underlying wit and sarcasm. By the end we are reminded that this was a woman who lost her life. In a sense it plays with the conflict of liking true crime--the stories can be interesting but in the end, those are real people experiencing truly horrific things. Yes, this is fiction, and overall the plot is a fairly standard domestic thriller. Something about that ending though, just struck a chord with me in the best way.