I'll give it 3.5 stars, so above average for sure but not as good as many of his others. This is the first Jonny Stride novel and I have to say I don't care for him as much as Frost Easton or Cab Bolton, two of his other protagonists. There's more Strides than any of the others so I'm hoping they get better. The mystery was good but the characters maybe a little too cliche. I'm nit picking what was overall, a very good mystery.