Convinced of Lanny's innocence Jeff sets out to find the real killer and begins with bailing Lanny out of the cooler so that they can work together to come up with the answers. The problem is that Lanny doesn't seem as eager as Jeff to solve the riddle. Jeff has to be careful not to interfere with the parallel police investigation that is taking place but he keeps up an aggressive pace looking for clues and eventually winds up working with the police. He stumbles across Mustang Sally, a homeless young lady with an amazingly interesting personality. She witnessed a confrontation between suspect Lanny and the victim on the day of the murder but also mentioned other people present at the same time. She was your classic "Key Witness." I liked Mustang Sally; she really brightened up the story.

If you are one of those mystery fans who prides himself in being able to identify the killer early in the book, be prepared to meet your match in this story. Morgan leaves you virtually no clues and the plot is extremely complicated. You're going to have to pay attention if you want to understand this one.

As in all of the Jeff Talbot mysteries, Jeff is still dealing with the challenge of having an agoraphobic wife but there is a new twist in this story that leads the reader to believe that there just might be some changes on the horizon.

I'll gladly put this book on my recommended list and hope for a long running series.