The first chapter is just confusing. I understand that it is meant to work a prologue: the author introduces the villain, the reader understands there is something fishy and is immediately hooked into the story. But the first chapter is just a bore. A creepy dude enters a bar, stalks a few people, and gets out following someone we later understand to be the protagonist. There is no real incident, nothing exciting.
The second chapter, instead, is way more entertaining. I was initially put off by the hints to a load of backstory that was dumped on me in a few paragraphs - the previous investigation by Archer, her new job, the death of her father - but then the action kicks in. The context is a bit bizarre - she doesn't even get in her new office and she already has to go out - but never mind that. The action around the cabinets, with the pack of people, the girlfriend of one of the victim, the Daily Mail journalist, that's all both confusing (in a good sense) and entertaining.
In the third chapter the investigation starts, so it's all bit more business as usual.
The second chapter, instead, is way more entertaining. I was initially put off by the hints to a load of backstory that was dumped on me in a few paragraphs - the previous investigation by Archer, her new job, the death of her father - but then the action kicks in. The context is a bit bizarre - she doesn't even get in her new office and she already has to go out - but never mind that. The action around the cabinets, with the pack of people, the girlfriend of one of the victim, the Daily Mail journalist, that's all both confusing (in a good sense) and entertaining.
In the third chapter the investigation starts, so it's all bit more business as usual.