OK, so this book and #10 "In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner" are not my favorites in the series. Maybe it's the relentless sordidness of both stories. And maybe I held out a little better in #10 because there was a lot of focus on Inspector Lynley, due to his acquaintance with the father, and on Havers, due to her efforts to mend fences with the Inspector.
#11 has a nice bit with DS (or is he a DC still?) Nkata, which I appreciated, but you spend an awful lot of time inside Gideon Davies' head, dealing with his messed-up family. I guess I wanted to see more of our heroes.