Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: A solid outing by an established mystery writer

If you can get past the opening scene novel is excellent. The opening scene is rather graphic and almost leads you into believing this is a pulp novel.After the opening scene the book is indeed wonderful. The characters are well written and well thought out. Each persons motivtions and movements are as mysterious as the next. Just like in real life you only get a slice of what they are thinking without the whole motivation.Unfortunately the only other down side to this is the ending. The ending seems rushed and the murderer' identity and words make little sense(not that it necessarily should given the horrific nature of the crimes).Overall well worth the read!