Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Not bad, but ...

This is not a bad book, but it is not worthy of Lawrence Sanders' name or to have been published in the McNally series. Mr. Lardo may be able to write an entertaining novel, but this is not it. He strains so hard to duplicate Lawrence Sanders that he constantly takes away from his story. Hopefully, this will be the last of the McNally series and the last poor-copy of Mr. Sanders who brought a uniqueness and freshness to his writing. I shall miss Mr. Sanders. I enjoyed everything he wrote.