A mystery with inadequate clues or objective. A romances with little genuine emotion, the author worked hard to point out the emotion in deeds. A travelogue. Colorado to Cancun to Russia to Venice. Though well-written with few errors, I kept feeling discontent, I never connected with the characters as I did in the first book of the series. The dialogue just felt stilted and the scenes felt contrived. I felt my attention constantly wandering and asking why, for which of course I have no answer. ( )