One of the things I like best about Harris' books is their sense of place, so I chose this book for a road trip to Mississippi. Because the time period is different, I didn't quite get what I was looking for. I'm not sure why Harris chose to set this book in the early 70s. What was added? Or did she set it earlier to avoid the high-tech forensics and internet research mysteries must take into account in the present day?

I also figured this one out more quickly than the rest. Okay, there was one detail I didn't see coming--something endemic to Louisiana, apparently--but I read the last chapter or so just to find out the details, not because I needed to know what happened. I usually have a good sense of how her mysteries will end, but I'm usually surprised by something. Not this time.