This one slowly pulled me in and got me flipping pages but left me quite disappointed in the end. (view spoiler)[The mom is told by everyone that Dawn was involved by virtually every character and surprise-she was. (hide spoiler)] It is a literary mystery but there is little mystery in the book other than than the obvious which is not satisfying in any way no matter how "earned" it tries to be. To read this, you have to laugh at the miserable quality of everyone's life. It somehow never reaches a campy level which is kind of amazing considering the unfortunate circumstances keep piling up. The ending also leaves no loose ends with a astounding force-meaning the book keeps going and going for no reason. It is a good book but sadly there is not much payoff.