A review by addy1991
The Dead Lie Down: A Zailer and Waterhouse Mystery by Sophie Hannah

3.0

The story revolves around Aidan, Mary, Ruth and Martha whose lives intertwine and cross at various stages in the story. Lies get told as well as plenty of half-truths so it isn't until the later portion of the book where things start unfolding causing certain situations to make more sense. This was a hard book to read... I just couldn't get into it or find myself caring about these characters even though I wanted to, but I trudged forward because I've enjoyed the other books in this series and was hoping that this would continue or even finish in the same vein. It didn't for me. The twists and turns are rather clever and I certainly didn't figure out a number of the facts, but that's fine because I don't always expect to. I like DC Waterhouse & DS Zailer overall, which is why I kept reading this book, but found I was starting to dislike them as well. The ends don't always justify the means and knowing what I now know about all of them, I find myself wondering if future books in this series will be tainted by what was learned here or be enlightened. Time will tell... especially since I just picked up the next book from my local library!