When you just see the title and the cover of the book, you can say that it is just a murder mystery novel. As you look into the deep sides of it, it is beyond a murder story. The narrator is 15 and has Asperger's Syndrome. He tries to solve a mystery about a neighbor's murdered dog. The book provides valuable insight into the nature of this illness and difficulties arisen from it. I highly recommend you read this wise and bleakly funny story. You will be impressed.