I've never read anything by Stephen Amidon, but his upcoming novel LOCUST LANE is beautifully written. That being said, it suffers from the "way too mI've never read anything by Stephen Amidon, but his upcoming novel LOCUST LANE is beautifully written. That being said, it suffers from the "way too much going on and being characterized" style that left me completely confused on who is of importance to pay attention to. This slow burn character-driven novel has some amazing atmospheric content, but I struggled with the lack of moving parts in the first half of the story. The mystery is pretty straightforward and enjoyable if you can get through the characterized secondary characters featured throughout the conflict at hand. I'd definitely give this author another try, but I can see this book being a polarized book for readers to discuss....more