Excellent read…went on and on…got the book at around 1.00 PM, had two classes scheduled in the afternoon…read non stop..had a great class room session…finished the book in flat 6 hours, but that is a bit late for a 490 page book.. but a compelling read..half way through the book I could sense the villian and then viola I was correct..but then the reasons given by the villian were at best flimsy…werent convncing at all..such silly reasoning wouldnt go into doing such dare devildery..atleast I wouldnt do it…but an unputdownable really…