Readers who are hoping for the TV characters will be disappointed. The TV show and the books have little in common. This novel major appeal for me is the setting. Reichs knows Montreal and it shows. It's the little things that makes me go, oh my, yeah. I can understand readers finding the setting either boring, exotic or spot on. I'm on the the spot on team. The plot seems far fetched but... Reichs is using the Order of the Solar Temple suicides/murders/suicides that were discovered in the Laurentians in 1994. Isolated house, babies murdered. Yes, the plot seems far fetched but sometimes reality is weirder than fiction. The characters are a bit one dimensional. The Ryan/Tempe push-pull romance is only at its beginning. This was a quick reread.