Instruct: Classify a given review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Not as good as I have heard.

After being told how great this book was i decided to pick it out. Unfortunatly I found this book very tedious in places. There is too much time spent on the main characters relationships and sentimental nonsense for my liking. It has been said that her books are more appealing to women than men. I now feel that is very much the case. Most of the girls I know think it is great, most of the guys don't care about the niece or whether the cop likes the main character. On the plus side she does have a good understanding of the workings of the homicide unit and of the way crimes are investigated and this does come across in her writing.