It could have been SO much better. I heard the author interviewed on a local NPR show, and he made me want to go right out and get the book.

But it wasn't what I expected, based on hearing the author. We could have done with a lot less about Walter and Bender, and more about the other members, as well as more details about how the Vidoq Society solved (or were unable to solve) the crimes that they analyzed. If there had been a drinking game where you had to take a sip of beer every time the author mentioned or described Frank Bender's libido, you'd be on the way to the ER with alcohol poisoning before you were half-finished - so OK - we get it - the guy is a brilliant horndog. Good for him. Now let's hear a little more about that trailblazing forensic dentist you mentioned in passing, or what exactly Walter was teaching his state-police protoge....

And the "Boy in the Box" case description was a just a mess.