Hey, I just finished SWEETHEART DEAL a couple of weeks ago, and in some ways it's Matturro's best. I agree with one of the other reviewers that it's not as funny as the prior books by Matturro, but the plot is more complex and the book tackles some real poignant issues of family and home. And, I was so surprised by that guy who called it dreadful, I googled him (her?) and found out he (she) is not a published mystery author as he (she) claims, but writes basically the same review for a number of mysteries--that is, all of his (her) reviews on Amazon seem to have the same pattern of words and he (she) hates them all. Don't know, but it sounds like sour grapes to me, so I'd take it all with a grain of salt. So, you guys out there, take the majority view here--this book is worth reading. After all, this book won a major award for Best Humorous Mystery.