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Another interesting installment, this one Book 2 in the Detective Gaby Darin series. Taking the unusual route of reading these books out of order, this reader has still managed to enjoy the relationships and characters as we come to learn more about Gaby and her current team at North Wales MIT. Including of course, (who could help but find him fascinating?) the gruff and enigmatic red-headed pathologist Dr. Rusty Mulholland.

In this edition the story catapults to a start as we meet Christine de Bertrand, a thirty-year old hearing-impaired teacher, who wakes up confused after a night of birthday partying to find the body of her roommate Nikki Jones, stabbed with bloody precision, and horrifically situated beside Christine in her own bed.

As the story unwinds, Christine, her academic ex-husband Paul, their Cambridge past, and the exclusive boys school they end up teaching at, combined with all the auxiliary clues and characters introduced, form an interesting and absorbing backdrop for an intriguing mystery, which this reader found as tense and compelling as each of the mysteries in this series to date.

Without giving the plot away (no spoilers here), before the final pages we will meet several redheads, more than one maniac with murderous intent, drama and danger for Gaby’s team, and at least one other victim of bloody homicide. Although this reader did find the ending a little unsatisfying, on a couple of points, this well-written read twisted and turned and managed to keep me pinned to the edge of my seat.

A great big thank you to the author, and the publisher for an ARC of this book. All thoughts presented are my own.