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Sorry, I only made it to 20% in Deadly Stillwater - Thriller (McRyan Mystery Series). I found the book tiresome in three ways. First, in discussions among the characters, the punch line for the chapter is often repeated. For example, "He's got options from here" (or a fragment of it) is repeated seven times in the short space of chapters four and five! Second, the plot moves rather slowly, in part because the author presents a lot of detail, some of it apparently mundane. Finally, I got tired of the language-- there's too much gratuitous profanity for me to enjoy reading the book. * * * * * Spoiler * * * * * I can't comment on the plot as a whole. However, the supposed "master criminals" have made a strategic error (in my opinion) when they placed both kidnap victims in the same room. There seem to me to be a number of reasons why the victims should not be allowed to interact; I can't think of any significant value to the kidnappers to permit interactions. The detectives' actions don't appear to be very inspired to this point, either. Going through boxes and boxes of lawyers' case records not only violates attorney-client privilege, but also has very poor cost effectiveness. * * * * * End spoiler * * * * * The author hasn't captured my interest. So, I quit.