Case Histories by Kate Atkinson

I decided to read this book because Stephen King (yes, that Stephen King) said it was his favorite mystery of 2005. I thought it would be cool to see what he thought was a good mystery. The book follows three different murder mysteries through the detective trying to solve them. I found the characters both tragic and fun, and the storylines interesting enough to hold my attention. But I can't say that I loved the book. I thought that it was a little lost between being a great character novel and a good detective novel and was therefore neither one at all.