Disappointingly, after a strong opening to the series, this was confusing, impossible to work out the murderer and, surprisingly, not particularly well written. And it's lucky that nobody ever finds out the main character's coincidental links with the cases.
(I often wonder, with police procedurals, how people know what to call the investigator: "Oh, Acting Detective Superintendent Officer, do have a cup of tea.")
14.07.24
I met Andy a couple of times when he was a highly paid and highly visible copywriter teaching others how to be as rich and famous as him. Then he decided to be even richer and famouser as an author and, of course, his boundless confidence paid off. And, perhaps not surprisingly given his background, it was really rather good - well written, well paced and with reasonably strong characters. It still plodded (ha!) at times as police procedurals do, but it was skilfully executed.
