Simon & Schuster sent me a galley of this book for review (thank you). It's due to be published the first part of July.
This is a disturbing book. It sticks with you after you've read the last page and set it down as finished. It's just a bit too real to be read and forgotten.
Ms. La Plante writes a tight, detailed story. Her police characters are hard, gritty and determined to find the killer. There is a past and present romance to tangle the web even more. And it involves a lot of boring police work to help nail the killer.
This is pure police procedural: following all the connections, checking all the possibilities, returning to the witnesses hoping to find new information and maybe even the truth, and even talking to a convicted serial killer who has a crush on Anna. Does he know anything or is he just trying to see Anna again?
The psychological games in the story are part of what makes it so fascinating. It's set in the UK, so you get a taste of England as you read.
This is a very complex story that is only unraveled by hard exacting police work. The detail and minutia of the police work gets a bit overwhelming, but it's there to show how much it took to finally identify the killer.
If you like police procedurals or books about psychos, this is one you should add to your TBR list.
Happy reading.
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