Susan S. (sulock) -
Well I started this over the weekend and finished today, why it had been on my TBR list for over 2 yrs, who knows. This is a well written Mystery and the only draw back I see is it's very British with some British slang thrown in on top of football (soccer) added to it. This book is the first I have read of McDermid and it is number 5 in the series. I wish I had read the first 4, there is a tension between the 2 MCs that probably would be explained if I had read the earlier books. But considering the above mentioned 2 draw backs I loved this book. There were a lot of layers and the characters in the detective division interaction is believable. The is a high profile death of a star football player, the profiler Dr Tony Hill helps his colleague DCI Carol Jordan investigating this death. There are many turns and more deaths before they start to zero in on the killer. Don't let the length of the book daunt you as it probably did me, this one kept me awake reading late into the night. I would recommend it to anyone who likes their mysteries complicated and realistic without too much graphic detail. It is messy trying to untangle all the false clues and misdirection. A Great book would give it a 5 star rating (ignore the ocassional incomprehensible British slang word).
