Assumption – Percival Everett

A great read that I’m not sure I recommend.
 
There are three cases with Deputy Sheriff Ogden as the central character. You get to like Ogden early on and the dialogue and the pacing are as good as it gets. That you get to the end of an investigation with it incompletely resolved makes it more credible, if unsettling.
 
It’s the last one, “The Shift”, that makes you realize that Everett means to undermine the classic detective story. The ending is quite the shock. You might love it. I didn’t see it coming and it didn’t work for me. Ogden deserved better than that.