A quick read, I can't really say why definitively, but I just found this one to be o.k. The characters just didn't gibe with me this time, I guess? It's well written and the plot was solid and creative (although I guessed the murderer almost right away, it was just that - a guess). Perhaps the series is fading for me, or maybe it was just that I wasn't in the right frame of mind when I read it? I wouldn't steer anyone away from it; I just didn't love it.