I liked this one better than the first but it still had some of the same issues - pacing was off, characters didn't have much personality, etc. The biggest problem for me is that I figured out who the killer was in the first book. I did flip flop a little between two people, but I knew who it was going to be. I'm REALLY bad at figuring out mysteries..like horribly bad..so if I can figure it out, you've got a problem. It was highly entertaining as usual and I'm overall glad I read these two books, but I can't get over some of those other issues.