3.0

A decent enough police procedural with some graphic content. As a detective and character, Erika Foster is cold and remote but gets results. What made me mark this down from a 4 star was the ending which seemed to come from nowhere although, there is a mention of Austria at the start of the novel, which sort of gave a hint.
Set at Christmas, with plenty of snow, the author gives a sense of time and place to the book. A quick read with plenty of short chapters, there was always something happening to keep the interest up.