Very Bad Men

3.5 stars. I mostly enjoyed Dolan's first work, and was having trouble finding something to read recently. Something reminded me he had another, and there's a lot about his writing I do like, and I felt that way up until about half way through this book. The plot is complex with twists and turns, the descriptions are vivid and real, and it moves a long at a good pace. But all good things in moderation. A little past half way I began to feel overwhelmed. At that point he could have caught the guy, crafted some explanations for loose ends and been done. But then he had to go on making the other half of the family suspect, and nearly every other character that had not been a suspect in the first half. I really liked the book, it's better than average. But just a little too much in some respects to get that 4th star.