I really enjoy the mysteries in the book and Will Trent is an interesting character, but the r-word was used so many times. There was also a lot of judgement about a character that they called the r-word. There were a lot of other outdated ideas, ideas that would have made me cringe even in the year this book was published. I'm not sure if I want to continue this series because of this. It's jarring and isn't necessary to the story.