The style of writing in this book was very wordy, very descriptive...so i struggled through the first 100 pages or so, trying to get the main characters and sub characters straight in my mind. And after that...it just took off for me and was hard to put down. I loved the lawyer speak, the politics, the web of deceit and lies...the ending didn't disappoint...it wasn't a shocking or surprising ending...it flowed, the way the main character, Tal, flowed throughout the book.

I would call this a literary mystery. A law professor finds himself embroiled in a mystery when his father dies. Was his father murdered? What are 'the arrangements'? Misha (the Professor) is a little too paranoid. There are also a couple of instances when the story is not too plausible ( like why the ending occurs in a storm) Otherwise, a well written book

This book was way too long for its own good. Carter just blabbered on and on and on at points in the book. There were times where I would just skip a whole page, and I didn't even miss anything! I don't understand why his editor didn't cut out the unnecessary passages.
The premise of the mystery was quite interesting. Carter gave hints through the whole book as to what was happening, but again, because the book was so long there was no way to remember what he said 400 pages ago.
None of the characters were likeable, but I suppose there was reason to it. Kimmer was a bitch and Talcott was an idiot for loving her. His wife cheats on him, and he feels like he needs to apologize!? I just wanted to SMACK him when he said that!
There were also some almost racist things that Carter said throughout the book. The one that really annoyed me was how there were more black people in a room making 7 figures than white people ever thought existed outside the NBA. Little comments like that were put in throughout the book. What was the point of them?