The story started off very well and captured my interest from the first page. Initial some chapters that mark the beginning of the investigation were really interesting to read, and I remember finding it hard to put down the novel. But then the author started focussing on the narrator and his monologue. This somehow makes the entire story unnecessarily long and boring. Yet, I'd recommend this novel to the suspense and detective genre lovers because the author seems to have done a substantial research on the techniques and methods of police investigation and reading about these techniques and the lives of detectives is interesting. The novel is the recipient of many awards with the Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author (2008) being the one.