Just the right way to bring Inspector Lynley back to the world of the living. An excellent mystery as well as first-rate and imaginative character portrayals. I so admire the way Elizabeth George comes up with one impressive book after another. Looking forward to the latest.

This book really drew me in. But, in my opinion, it is severely compromised by it’s last few chapters. It feels like everything is tidied up far too quickly and far too predictably – it felt to me like the author was just tired of the whole thing. I was so disappointed in it, because I had enjoyed it up until that point. Oh well, maybe EG is still getting her form back after the disaster that was ‘What Came Before He Shot Her’.