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There's something about the cadence of delivery in the Missing 411 books that I find spooky / unsettling. I read 1-2-3 cases, then set the book down for 20 minutes to re-center myself. I set myself up real good a few years ago. I was traveling home from a BF report investigation I was doing on behalf of my buddy / research partner and decided to camp overnight at a place locals call Skookum Prairie. It was elk season but nobody was around, no cars around the parking lot. I set up my little cot-tent, rolled out my sleeping pad and bag, set out an audio recorder, and went to bed. Not truly tired, I decided to read a bit of Missing 411 by lantern. Bad decision. Spooked me a bit so I shut the book, turned off the light, and drifted off. A couple hours later I awoke being thrown, cot-tent and all, into the air and slammed into the ground, all to the sound of an incrediblly loud roaring. I managed to get the zipper open after what was probably a few seconds but seemed like the rest of my life ... turned out to just be wind. I was on a ridge crest, just below the top, and the wind coming up over the ridge was enough to lift the cot tent, me and all, then drop it. So ... 60-70 mph. Trees thrashing around the edges of the clearing. It went on for a couple hours and stopped just before daylight. I guess it was a weather front though it never clouded up, it was clear and starry all night. Yeah, don't read Missing 411 books in a tent by yourself in the woods. Spooky doesn't do it justice. MIB