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I’m sorry but no woman on planet earth with even a shred of self preservation would do what Chyna is doing right now. It’s already a bit much - the antagonist is just a self gratifying arsehole and the protagonist is a dipshit.

Excuse me but what the hell is she doing?!?! NO SENSE OF SELF PRESERVATION. YOU ARE NOT BATMAN.

I’m feeling quite stressed out actually.

Immediate scenes, just how I like it. Already can feel this is going to be unputdownable.

Completely respect and admire Bob Willis’ complete disregard for authority and rebellion against the police hierarchy is inspirational. I shall endeavour to also flout the rules in the search for doing the right thing. What a king.

Honestly I just can’t put this book down.

I really enjoy the narration style. It’s informal and colloquial but also a very reliable narrator. I’m already invested in the investigation and we’re only 20% of the way in

I wanna beat up all the men in this book.

All I’m saying is that I would have struggled unfathomably with the banality of being a woman in the 50’s. Firstly, I refuse to make as much jelly as they do. Secondly, they must have been bored out of their brains.

Sometimes the dialogue feels slightly too modern, which takes away a tiny bit of realism for me. But, I’m still really enjoying it

Lots of characters being introduced that I’m struggling slightly to keep up with, but generally loving the pace of the book. Hope the new Dr gets his blocked knocked clean off, he’s annoying me.

Before anyone laughs at me, I’m using this to make notes for book club.
Really enjoying it so far. Martha Ballard feels very reliable as a narrator. I’m enjoying the pace of the book - Ariel Lawhon describes everything with the precise amount of detail I need to really picture the scene. Hard to have any theories yet, but looking forward to finding out more.

This is the weirdest book actually? Like..how old is the writer?

This very much is not a book to read in public because there are some lines I just find so devastating I have to keep it together to not well up in front of people.