Very interesting, we meet a female detective who's trying to get her life together after a love affair, and marriage, gone wrong. Except this isn't a simple case of a woman pushing those closest away. Or closing herself off. It's more complex, perhaps more self-destructive. She throws herself into her work, but for reasons yet unknown, then decides to relocate and start afresh.
I think this is better than the classic 'who-dunnit' murder mystery, on first impressions. Usually it's difficult to achieve the balance between procedural case and detectives' personal lives/personalities. But on first look, I'd say this plot seems to be completely driven by detectives! As is my preference. Normally you find that you get a cliched look at the detective whose life is revealed a little late for you to have any feeling towards him/her. With Sarah Bailey's writing, you get the little details immediately-so I definitely feel quite invested in the direction this novel is headed.
I think this is better than the classic 'who-dunnit' murder mystery, on first impressions. Usually it's difficult to achieve the balance between procedural case and detectives' personal lives/personalities. But on first look, I'd say this plot seems to be completely driven by detectives! As is my preference. Normally you find that you get a cliched look at the detective whose life is revealed a little late for you to have any feeling towards him/her. With Sarah Bailey's writing, you get the little details immediately-so I definitely feel quite invested in the direction this novel is headed.