And with this book I complete my 2013 challenge goal of reading 10 books written by male authors! Hazzah! 
 *Post-Reading* 
 2.5 stars...not sure to make it a 2 or 3 on the star thingy.... 
 I don't know if it's just me, but I thought this book really started off slow. I was around page 100 and I was still pretty bored and I was about to just turn it in to the library without finishing it. i kept reading and I admit that it got better, though some cases were still boring. I was kind of confused about a couple of things and had questions still and in the end some of them still don't get answered. And the characters... not much character development for any character imo (obviously besides Michael) and sheesh, I could not get a read on Holly or Japek(whatever his name is). Seriously, Holly is on Michael's side one instance then she's not the other and with no explanation! There were a couple "plot twists" but I felt like the author was trying to hard to confuse the reader. To make them think one thing only to have it be something else entirely, except he didn't really pull it off in a clever way, just confusing and unnecssary. Seriously, so many "twists" in this book that were trying too hard and I was just annoyed/confused.