3.89 AVERAGE

dark emotional medium-paced

3.5. Pretty good.
challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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mysterious medium-paced
challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I adore this series
I love it
It’s really really good I can not wait to read the next one in the series
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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mysterious medium-paced

A solid police procedural with a topical plot and a decent cast of characters.

I hate coming into a series part way through and there was nothing on the jacket to say this was book 3. I know this isn't the authors fault but it did taint my enjoyment of the story as i was frequently reminded of history I felt i was expected to know and didn't.

For me there was nothing particularly special about this, it was a fairly linear plot and I had most of worked out in the first hundred pages. The bit that i didn't work out I still don't fully understand.

Helen and Clive Goodwin are hands down the best characters in the book, all the others feel slightly 2 dimensional next to them.

A perfect book and potentially series for lockdown - doesn't require too much attention or time to enjoy.