Debby H. (katkrazee) - , reviewed on 1/14/2011

This was not exactly boring but it was very formulaic. It's a British murder mystery but not hard at all to get through the dialect.

The main character is a trained forensic pathologist the likes of Reichs and Cornwell but there were very few actual facts presented, forensically speaking, to be able to clearly state that this was a book about forensics. The forensic aspect was a very minor sub-plot. It felt as though a few rudimentary story lines were added without a lot of thought, just to fit the particular niche the author desired.

The writing was good, the plot was just middle-of-the-road and the characters were just moderately fleshed out. I wasn't drawn to care about any single character one way or the other.

The ending was no surprise to me, but maybe it will be to some others. I knew who the killer was just shortly after the introduction of the character, although I doubt that was what the author intended. It was the formulaic aspect of the plot that made the killer so obvious.

I am going to read the next book in the trilogy just because I have it. But I don't think I would seek it out if I didn't. I didn't hate it, but I can't say I found much to love either.

I bought this book due to the pretty good reviews but I doubt very much that it isn't a book you've read many, many times, albeit with characters that have different names.

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