Maybe it's because the last Scottoline book I read was my favorite so far, or maybe it's because I've read too many too close together; I don't know. But this one, while interesting, is already slipping out of my brain. I knew I wouldn't have a lot to say about it in my review when I only marked one thing as I was reading it. I'm also realizing this author must have issues with her relationship with her dad, because bad father relationships keep popping up with these main girl characters. And frankly I'm a little tired of it.

What I did like? That this was another Dansko-clog-free book (I have no idea why every one of her books has a character or two who wears them, or even what they are, but I'm tired of them). I also thought the whole "thinking out loud" riff was kind of cute throughout the book.

The part I marked was another part I liked. The whole "first stakeout" thing was pretty funny. After a lot of description about what they were wearing, how they were disguised, etc., "Even so, she was pretty sure that they looked like two women, one white and one black, driving while blind." The other part about this I liked almost made me chuckle: "The woman of few words had become the woman of no words. Vicki had been previously unaware that you could be a woman and say so very little. It seemed biologically impossible." Ha!

Anyway, it was interesting and had quite a few twists and turns, but unfortunately, I didn't like the whole Dan Malloy story from the beginning. And of course, at some point in the book, you totally knew someone in Vicki's office was going to be bad. *sigh* It's another quick read, and a little bit more convoluted than some of her others. It's a solid 2.5 out of 5 for me.