It passes the time but nothing more.

I chose another book by Jackson at random, after reading No Stone Unturned, which was excellent- full of science and history. This book, however, is dry; never touching on forensics or psychology so it feels like a low-rent, base book meant to please anyone who just wants to hear a couple sad, violent story lines.

On the positive side, the reader elevates it enough to complete the book. So if nothing else, it did pass the time. I just aim higher than that when choosing audio books.