Instruct: Classify an Amazon review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Short and sweet

I was excited to discover another "Madriani" book was coming out from Steve Martini. But when I got the book, I was a little surprised to see it was only about 290 pages long. After the murder occurs at the beginning, the book jumps right into the trial. The trial was slightly interesting, but overall I really didn't find any new characters that I liked or that held my interest. The resolution was uninspired, and near the ending, the book got downright silly.I expected better from Steve Martini.