The book was brilliant.  I liked the scenarios given and one of those scenarios is correct.  We will never know which one, but the law in the small town where my Nephew was murdered didn't investigate much at all.  They were protecting someone.  10 days before Neil was murdered, he saw large sums of money and city fathers in a backroom of the local watering hole and had mentioned it to his family.  He was found murdered on the parking lot of that same establishment 11/22/2003.  I live in a city of millions and feel safer than I do in a small town, especially the small town where Neil was murdered.  I do believe the book is one of my favorites and I would love to see a movie made about Jodi's life and death.  Jodi must have known too much, just like Neil.