Of course I decided to read this right after another book with an eerily similar plot twist, but it didn't ruin anything for me. In fact, this was definitely the better of the 2 novels. This is actually the first I've read by this author and I'll definitely be reading more. The author cares about each one of his characters and it shows. There were quite a few characters to keep track of, which took me a bit of time, but they were all interesting and unique. The killer in this was definitely not stereotypical, though I still was about to figure it out fairly early on. The thing that I wasn't such a big fan of was the flashback scenes. The entire book you keep going back a year and then forward. I think it would have been better to just show everything all at once at the beginning. Overall, definitely a good read and one that I'd recommend for a good, quick, fun read.