THIS IS A NEW AUTHOR FOR ME.I PICKED THIS BOOK UP ONE AFTERNOON,AND THAT WAS IT.I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN.THERE IS 562 PAGES-IN THE BEGINNING I THOUGHT OH THERES ALOT OF READING.THEN I GOT TO THE THIRD CHAPTER AND DIDN'T WANT TO PUT THE BOOK DOWN.I WAS VERY GLAD THAT THERE WAS SO MANY PAGES,THE STORY KEEPS YOU GOING UNTILL THE END.I'M GLAD I FOUND MS.SCOTTOLINE AS A AUTHOR.SHE WRITES SHORT CHAPTERS-LIKE PATTERSON-KNOWS ABOUT LAWYERS.KEEPS YOU INTERESTED TO THE END.I'M ON TO ANOTHER ONE OF HER BOOKS-LADY KILLER- ITS GREAT TOO.