Someone thrust this book into my hands urging me to read it without delay. I've never read Kathy Reichs and am not a big fan of crime but I relented neverthless and gave it a stab (no pun intended). It started off well enough but by the middle of the book I was just willing it to end. Eventually I skipped a huge chunk and went right to the end and I was glad I did. I found it difficult to follow and simply unbelievable. Of course its all subjective, but for me you should only need to work at a book if the prose and story truly deserve it and this didn't I'm afraid.