Terrific Thriller
Loved this book. Filled with surprises. Great characters. Great story. Excellent writing. Yes, the author repeats phrases as nauseum; "Two Point Two Children", "Yada Yada", and everyone is always "shaking". And, once again, one is left wondering WHY D. D. Warren is the "name" of this series. She's peripheral, unpleasant without being amusing ("bite me" is about as pithy as she gets), is FAR too horny, and is most usually wrong. She has zero instincts. Never puts two and two together. THAT skill belongs to her considerably more interesting, more talented, more amusing, and MUCH better cop, Bobby. HE should be the focus of these books as, yet AGAIN, the supposed "perp", zeroed in on and hounded by D.D., turns out to be, not only considerably smarter than D.D., more resourceful than D.D., more interesting and brave than D.D., BUT ALSO TOTALLY INNOCENT. D.D.'s wrongly focused-on PERP is, yet again, the heart and soul of the book. Nonetheless, besides that particular literary mystery, these are FINE BOOKS. Complex and entertaining. The real deal. Unique and satisfying. Now, if only the series were named after D.D's colleague, Bobby, they'd be close to perfect. DO read them, anyway. You will be well-rewarded. My advice to the author? DUMP D. D! She is tiresome, manipulative, concerned primarily with her sex life and a lousy cop.