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Hard to believe this was a debut novel. The writing is polished, the plot is tightly wound and the dialogue sparkles.

I think the prologue was meant as an enticing promise of a clever thriller with spy-adjacent skullduggery ahead, but it almost lost me because it felt competent but generic.

By contrast, being in Sarah’s head as she suffered through a dinner party with rich arsehole that her husband is trying to win as a client, was electrifying, and that was before the bomb went off.

I want a lot more of Sarah.

The first three chapters have confronted me with my prejudice against Romance novels. I usually pass over books with covers like this without a second thought, writing them off as formulaic fluff, the cupcakes of genre fiction.

The thing is, a well made cupcake can be a taste sensation.

This is well written, engaging, and cliche-free. I like the protagonist and I want to know what happens next.

The plot is pulling me along by my curiosity using layers of secrets and hidden agendas.
This isn’t the black comedy I thought it’d be. The protagonist’s sociopathy is played straight and seen from her point of view, which makes it quietly disturbing and pleasantly unpredictable.

This series goes from strength to strength. Three interconnected story lines, all of them engaging and each of them with interesting characters. Lots of action but also lots of context and consideration of possiblities and consequences.