Bought this because the author is local, and wanted to like it. As it turned out, I LOVED it. Read it on my Kindle, and last night one of the big plotlines was "solved" (or at least there was an apparent resolution), and I noticed I was only 67% through the book. WTF? I HAD to keep going...couldn't wait to find out where it was all going, and what was going to happen to Shelby. (who, by the way, became quite real to me as I read -- good characterization) 
 Nancy has captured a lot of Santa Cruz in this, and while this is a great story that could have taken place almost anywhere, as a local I enjoyed having some of the local places be part of the story, even with some name changes. 
 So, I only got 3 hours sleep because I was hooked. This is a fun read, with an interesting and rather unique plotline, and I am SO looking forward to the next in what I would think will become a series of Shelby McDougall books. (And Dexter really needs to dump Jessica :))