The only reason I am giving this book two stars is because I appreciate that the author keeps up with the timeline by mentioning current events and new forensic and scientific technologies. The author always does an impressive and extensive amount of research going onto the next book in this series. I would also like to state that I am typically a nonfiction reader, and I only read two series with religiosity- this is one of the two. I enjoyed this series tremendously when I found it several years ago, and I have read every book. If I didn't take my commitment to the series seriously, I would have divorced it by now. I truly hope there is another book in the series and that it goes back to being a three- and four-star review series for me, but this one did not cut the mustard. I wasn't sure my eyeballs could handle much more rolling. The last few chapters of the book were really interesting, though the bulk of the book was spent on Kay thinking about her past relationships, Lucy's past relationships, Marino's past relationships, etc. This book could have been considerably less tedious, and the last few chapters where the case was wrapped up with a cute little bow, though interesting, was somewhat of a letdown. Spoilers ahead.


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Lucy: Slightly less annoying in this book than in previous ones. I really miss the days when she was my favorite character, but that ship has sailed, I am afraid. Her attitude is infuriating, though she was not quite as self-important in this book as in prior ones. 

Dorothy: Still annoying. Still hate her. 

Marino: When you read a fiction book, you typically like to escape the world. Marino is the embodiment of the people in my geographical region I strive to avoid. We have so many people just like that, and now that he has embraced the bigfoot hunting and alien watching, it is just.... he didn't need another quality to make him distasteful. 

Kay: I realize she is the main character, thus the hero of the story, but WOW. I can see where Lucy's sense of self-importance comes from. She absorbed it from this one. 

The Villains: There are plenty of extremely unlikeable characters throughout this entire series, and there were several in this book. Why do none of these people ever die?? And why can we not finally get rid of one of these people for good?? We do not need to resurrect them every few books simply to irritate the masses.