Family saga that takes place over about 2 generations. Passionate story and well-written. There are, of course, generous portions of adultery, divorce, death, heartache, drugs, rock 'n' roll, family strife, guns, regret, and love. While reading this I often thought of Wally Lamb's book "We Are Water," but this book isn't half as good or half as powerful as that one.

Every scene and conversation is fully and beautifully described in completeness. No detail escapes the author's attention. Unfortunately this makes for a very long-winded book. This author is a very talented writer, but an even more talented writer could have written the same thing using less words. The detectives repeatedly interviewed people who were EXTREMELY talkative. They talked on and on and on for pages and pages. And all of that was after they refused to say anything. It seemed a little far-fetched.