The book started off okay, with a realistic character Grady, and his faithful dog. The story bounces around between five or six characters, and doesn't really answer any questions ever raised throughout the novel. A seemingly schizophrenic murderer kills himself, a vagrant wanderer stumbles upon a murder in the making. It seemed like 3 mini stories, all terribly thought out, was taking place in one awful book. Storyline was scrambled and not thought out. Overall, a total waste of time. Children's novels make more sense than this garbage. A waste of a good day of reading, the end will bring about a sense of confusion, incompleteness, and disgust.