This book starts in the thick of the action, immediately drawing you in and encouraging you to read on. Within just the first few chapters the author has already established the two main characters, Clemence and Alastair, very well and I suspect they are going to have a clever and also, amusing, relationship. The use of the environmental setting, dark and brooding Scotland in winter, seems to be the perfect backdrop for the tone of the novel, as in looks can be deceiving. The beauty of Scotland can draw you in but be lethal if not handled correctly. Well written and paced this is certainly a book I will be wanting to read in full and I suspect I won't be able to put it down.